Acquisition Research: Creating Synergy for Informed Change. Volume 2

Abstract

The Honorable Frank Kendall IIIwas Senate confirmed in May 2012 and currently serves as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT and L). In this capacity, he is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for all matters pertaining to acquisition; research and engineering; developmental testing; contract administration; logistics and materiel readiness; installations and environment; operational energy; chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; the acquisition workforce; and the defense industrial base. He is the leader of the Department of Defenses efforts to increase the Departments buying power and improve the performance of the defense acquisition enterprise. Prior to this appointment, from March 2010May 2012, he served as the Principal Deputy Under Secretary and also as the Acting Under Secretary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2016
Accession Number
AD1016686

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Engineers
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Network Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management