United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology

Effective February 16, 1999, Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera directed the logistics mission and functions of the assistant secretary of the army (installations, logistics and environment), or ASA (IL&E), be transferred under the operational control of the assistant secretary of the army (research, development and acquisition), known as ASA (RDA). As such, the office of the ASA (RDA) was renamed the assistant secretary of the army (acquisition, logistics and technology), abbreviated ASA (ALT), and the office of ASA (IL&E) was renamed the assistant secretary of the army (installations and environment), or ASA (I&E).^[5][6]

• Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
  • Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
    • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation
    • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Plans, Programs and Resources
    • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement
    • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology
      • Pathway for Innovation and Technology (PIT)
    • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategy and Acquisition Reform
    • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Sustainment
    • Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management (DASM)
  • Principal Military Deputy/Director Acquisition Career Management/Chief Integration Officer^{[nb 1]}
    • Director, US Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC)
    • Portfolio acquisition executives (PAE) (dual reporting structure to T2COM for requirements, and ASA(ALT) for acquisition)
      • PAE Agile Sustainment and Ammunition (AS&A)
      • PAE Command and Control/Counter-Command and Control (C2/CC2)
      • PAE Fires
      • PAE Layered Protection and CBRN Defense
      • PAE Maneuver Air
      • PAE Maneuver Ground
    • Capability program executives (CPEs)
      • CPE Ammunition and Energetics (A&E)
      • CPE Aviation
      • CPE CBRN Defense
      • CPE Combat Logistics (CL)
      • CPE Command and Control Information Network (C2IN)
      • CPE Defensive Fires
      • CPE Enterprise Software and Services (ES2)
      • CPE Ground
      • CPE Integrated Fires
      • CPE Intelligence and Spectrum Warfare (ISW)
      • CPE Mission Autonomy (MA)
      • CPE Offensive Fires
      • CPE Simulation, Training, Test and Threat (ST3)

Source:^[4][7]

The ASA(ALT) is delegated the role of acquisition executive.^{[further explanation needed]}

The ASA(ALT) was responsible for Army AL&T magazine, a quarterly publication addressing army technology and logistics topics. The magazine ceased issue in July 2025, and was replaced by online articles.^[11]

First issued as Army Research and Development magazine in December 1960, and published by the Army Research Office (ARO), the magazine covered topics in army technology and logistics. The magazine was placed under the assistant secretary of the army for research, development and acquisition (ASA (RDA)) in 1980, and was renamed as Army RD&A. In 2000, the magazine was placed under the assistant secretary of the army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA (ALT)), and was renamed as Army AL&T.^[11]

In accordance with Army Regulation 25–59, the ASA(ALT) office symbol is SAAL-ZA. Sub-offices of the ASA(ALT) are also assigned office symbols.^[14]

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