United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
The Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology is known as OASA. OASA serves, when delegated, as the Army Acquisition Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, and as the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army. The OASA also has the principal responsibility for all Department of the Army matters related to logistics.
Office symbol
In accordance with Army Regulation 25–59, OASA's office symbol is SAAL-ZA.Components
- ASA SAAL-ZA
- * Principal Deputy ASA
- ** Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Elimination of Chemical Weapons SAAL-ZC
- ** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plans, Programs and Resources SAAL-ZR
- *** Chief Information Officer
- ** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology SAAL-ZT
- ** Chairman Army Science Board SAAL-ASB
- ** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement SAAL-ZP
- ** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communication & Business Transformation SAAL-ZG
- ** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Policy and Logistics SAAL-ZL
- ** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Exports and Cooperation SAAL-ZN
- ** Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management SAAL-ZS
- * Principal Military Deputy/Director Acquisition Career Management/Chief Integration Officer
- ** Deputy for Medical Systems
- ** Director
- ** Director Chemical Materials Agency
- ** JPEO Armaments & Ammunition
- ** JPEO Chemical and Biological Defense
- ** JPEO Joint Tactical Radio System
- ** PEO Aviation
- ** PEO Command Control Communications Tactical
- ** PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support
- ** PEO Enterprise Information Systems
- ** PEO Ground Combat Systems
- ** PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors
- ** PEO Missiles and Space
- ** PEO Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation
- ** PEO Soldier
- * Direct Reports
- ** United States Army Acquisition Support Center
- ** Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
- ** Army Science Board
- ** ASA System of Systems Engineering and Integration
- * Life Cycle Management
- ** Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Integration Office
- ** Deputy for Life Cycle Integration
- ** Tank-Automotive Life Cycle Management Command
- ** Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command
- ** Communication-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command
- ** Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command
In role of Acquisition Executive
In June 2018 the Acquisition Executive launched xTechSearch or Expeditionary Technology Search, a four-phase catalyst for the Army to engage with the community of innovators:
- Concept white paper contest for technological ideas
- Up to 125 selected contestants pitch their ideas to a panel of Army experts
- Up to 25 semifinalists will be featured at the Innovator's Corner of the annual AUSA meeting in November
- 12 finalists in a Capstone Demonstration to DoD, for a $200,000 prize
- JPEO Chemical and Biological Defense
- JPEO Joint Tactical Radio System
- PEO Ammunition
- PEO Aviation
- PEO Command Control Communications Tactical
- PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support
- PEO Enterprise Information Systems
- PEO Ground Combat Systems
- PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors
- PEO Missiles and Space
- PEO Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation
- PEO Soldier
Chronological list of ASA(ALT)s
| Picture | Name | Assumed office | Left office | President appointed by | Secretary served under |
| Paul J. Hoeper | May 29, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton | Louis Caldera | |
| Kenneth J. Oscar | January 20, 2001 | February 1, 2002 | George W. Bush | Thomas E. White | |
| Claude M. Bolton Jr. | February 1, 2002 | January 2, 2008 | George W. Bush | Thomas E. White, Francis J. Harvey, Pete Geren | |
| Dean G. Popps | January 2, 2008 | March 4, 2010 | George W. Bush Barack Obama | Pete Geren, John M. McHugh | |
| Malcolm Ross O'Neill | March 4, 2010 | June 3, 2011 | Barack Obama | John M. McHugh | |
| Heidi Shyu | June 4, 2011 | January 30, 2016 | Barack Obama | John M. McHugh Eric Fanning Patrick Murphy | |
| Katrina McFarland | February 1, 2016 | November 1, 2016 | Barack Obama | Patrick Murphy Eric Fanning | |
| Steffanie Easter | November 2, 2016 | November 8, 2017 | Barack Obama | Robert M. Speer | |
| Jeffrey S. White | November 8, 2017 | January 1, 2018 | Donald Trump | Ryan McCarthy | |
| Bruce D. Jette | January 2, 2018 | Donald Trump | Mark Esper |