Capability Program Executive Enterprise Software and Services (CPE ES2)
CPE ES2 buys the Army’s back office: pay and personnel, logistics and finance ERP, training management, acquisition and contract writing systems, recruiting software, and the enterprise services underneath them. It is the former PEO Enterprise and PEO Enterprise Information Systems, activated under its new name at Fort_Belvoir on 25 February 2026. It reports directly to ASAALT, not through a Portfolio Acquisition Executive.
| Type | Capability Program Executive (CPE) |
| Headquarters | Fort_Belvoir, VA |
| Acting Capability Program Executive | Miranda_Coleman |
| Subordinate to | ASAALT directly; works closely with the Army Chief Information Officer on technology initiatives |
| Established | Activation ceremony 25 February 2026, presided over by Brent_Ingraham |
| Predecessors | PEO_EIS, then PEO_Enterprise |
The "plus two"
The reform is often described as six PAEs “plus two.” CPE ES2 and the Pathway for Innovation and Technology are the plus two: both report straight to the Army Acquisition Executive. An earlier plan to align ES2 under the Army CIO was not adopted; it stayed in the acquisition chain as a critical enabler.
Mission
Deliver software and services that drive operational readiness and provide support for mission-critical business systems and warfighting enablers. Stated FY2026 priorities: operationalizing low-code and no-code development, delivering at speed, maturing Agile practice, maintaining adaptability, and managing technical talent.
No Title 10 section establishes this office by name. Army capability program executives are designated by the Army Acquisition Executive, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology at 10 U.S.C. § 7016(b)(5)(A), acting under the Secretary of the Army’s authority to organize the Department of the Army at 10 U.S.C. § 7013(b)(2), and the portfolio acquisition executive role such an office performs is defined at 10 U.S.C. § 1732, added by Pub. L. 119-60 in December 2025, as explained at Title_10_Structure.
Subordinate Organizations
The four portfolios were renamed on activation to align with Army functional domains:
- PM_Human_Resources_and_Force_Management (PM HR-FM) — formerly PM Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army; IPPS-A, military pay and personnel, force management
- PM_Logistics_and_Finance (PM LOG-FIN) — formerly PM Enterprise Business Systems and Convergence; GFEBS, GCSS-Army, financial and logistics ERP
- PM_Acquisition_Training_and_Readiness (PM AT&R) — formerly PM Defense Integrated Business Systems; contract writing, the Army Training Information System, readiness reporting
- PD_Business_Technology_Solutions (PD BTS) — formerly PD Enterprise Services; enterprise hosting, cloud, shared services, data center consolidation
The Accessions_Information_Environment recruiting program office sits in this portfolio and was the demonstration case at the activation ceremony.
Program Element families
- 0605013A Information Technology Development, the umbrella line for most of this portfolio
- 0605018A Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army
- 0604822A General Fund Enterprise Business System
- 0303141A Global Combat Support System-Army
- 0605233A Accessions Information Environment
- 0605047A Contract Writing System
- 0303140A Information Systems Security Program
See Program Elements and Budget Activities.
Why it matters
This is the Army’s largest IT services buyer and the least glamorous. Enterprise resource planning, sustainment of legacy business systems, cloud migration, and application modernization. The integrator tier (Accenture_Federal, Deloitte, IBM, GDIT, CACI_International, Leidos) lives here, and so does most of the Army’s commercial software licensing.
Software resale and licensing runs through this portfolio. Enterprise agreements and the reseller channel that carries Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and VMware into the Army are negotiated against this office’s demand. See also OneGov for the government-wide pricing dynamic reshaping those agreements.
Low-code and no-code is a stated priority, and that is a real market signal. The office is explicitly trying to move work off multi-year systems integration contracts and onto platform-based rapid delivery. Platform vendors and small Agile shops benefit; large body-shop integrators do not.
The 2026 contracting posture favors enterprise vehicles and speed. The office publicized “enterprise contracts make the Army more agile” and the Army Open Solicitation as a pathway for innovation. Both are worth reading before positioning.
It reports directly to the AAE. No PAE sits between this office and Brent_Ingraham. That shortens the decision chain and means portfolio decisions here are made against Army-wide enterprise priorities rather than a warfighting capability area.
See Also
- ASAALT — direct parent
- PIT — the other direct-report enabler in the “plus two” construct
- CPE_C2_Information_Network — the tactical counterpart; ES2 is the enterprise side of the same network
- Army_CIO, DISA, CDAO
- OneGov, Named 10 VARs, r-CarahsoftTruths
- Program Elements, Appropriations, Defense_Acquisition_System