Program executive officer

A program executive officer, or PEO, is one of a few key individuals in the United States military acquisition process. Shown by the examples below, a program executive officer may be responsible for a specific program (e.g., the Joint Strike Fighter), or for an entire portfolio of similar programs (e.g., the Navy PEO for aircraft carriers).

• Army: The direct reports of the Army Acquisition Executive are program executive officers for the respective program executive offices (PEOs)^[1]

The current program executive officers include (but may not be limited to):

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Each of the Army PEOs direct the Acquisition Executive's lines of effort,^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} such as Ground combat systems.^[9][10][a] The PEOs work closely with the directors of Cross-functional teams of the Army's Futures Command.

• Armaments and Ammunition – MG John Reim, JPEO (Joint Program Executive Officer) A&A^[1] (formerly PEO Ammunition, or PEO AMMO)^[14] Picatinny Arsenal (New Jersey)^[15][16]
• Aviation^[17] – BG David Philips, PEO AVN^[18] Redstone Arsenal (Alabama)
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense^[19] – Mr. Darryl Colvin, JPEO CBRND^[1] (formerly JPEO Chemical and Biological Defense, or JPEO CBD)^[20][21] Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
• Combat Support and Combat Service Support^[22] – BG Camilla White, PEO CS & CSS^[1] Detroit Arsenal (Warren, Michigan)
• Command, Control, Communications, and Network – BG Shane Taylor (Acting), PEO C3N^[1] (formerly PEO Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, or PEO C3T)^[23][24][25] Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
• Enterprise – Mr. William Hepworth, PEO Enterprise^[1] (formerly PEO Enterprise Information Systems, or PEO EIS) Fort Belvoir, VA
• Ground Combat Systems^[26] – MG Glenn Dean, PEO GCS^[1] Detroit Arsenal (Warren, Michigan)
• Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors^[27][28] – BG Kevin Chaney, PEO IEW&S^[1] Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
• Missiles and Space^[29] – MG Frank Lozano, PEO Missiles & Space^[1] Redstone Arsenal (Alabama)
• Rapid Capabilities (RCO) – Ms. Tanya Skeen, PEO RCO^[8] (Skeen has now moved to DoD, late 2018).^[30] In 2019, RCO became the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) The Pentagon (Arlington, Virginia), headed by Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch, formerly L. Neil Thurgood^{[31][needs update]}
• Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation^[32] – BG Christine Beeler, PEO STRI^[1] Orlando, FL
• Soldier^[33] – BG Troy Denomy, PEO Soldier^[34] Fort Belvoir, VA
• Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives – Ms. Tamika Atkins, PEO ACWA^[1] Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

In October 2023, changes to three PEOs' missions occurred. The restructure transferred network-related areas previously under multiple PEOs', to instead be under one PEO (for example, UAVs were studied by PEO Aviation and PEO Soldier). The network-related areas of interest were supplied by three PEOs, including: Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEW&S); Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (C3T); and Enterprise Information Systems (EIS). The PEO for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEW&S) gained the responsibility for all cyber operations. The responsibility for tactical and enterprise network elements was assigned to PEO Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T).^{[clarification needed]} As part of the transfer, two PMs from PEO EIS were transferred to PEO IEW&S and PEO C3T. The realignment did not affect any Army positions or contracts.^[35][36]

• Joint Strike Fighter
• Air ASW, Assault, and Special Mission Programs
• Aircraft carriers
• C4I
• Space
• Enterprise Information Systems
• Integrated Warfare
• Unmanned and Small Combatants (formerly Littoral and Mine Warfare)^[37]
• Ships
• Space Systems
• Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation
• Submarines
• Tactical Air Programs
• Land Systems (USMC)

Collaborative combat aircraft are being developed collaboratively by the PEO for fighter aircraft,^[38] the commanders of AFRL, Air Combat Command, Air Force Test Center, and USAF deputy chief of staff, plans and programs^[39]

• Aircraft Aeronautical Systems Center
• Agile Combat Systems (ACS)77th Aeronautical Systems Wing
• Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance / Special Operation Forces (ISR/SOF)
• Fighters and Advanced Aircraft^[38]
• Mobility 516th Aeronautical Systems Wing
• KC-46A
• Command, Control, Communication, Infrastructure & Networks (C3I&N) Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
• Enterprise Logistics Systems
• Command and Control / Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C2ISR)
• Cyber NetCentric
• Digital Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
• Enterprise Information Systems
• Nuclear Command and Control (NC3)
• Strategic Systems
• Weapons
• Services* Rapid Capability^{[further explanation needed]}
• Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

• Assured Access to Space (AATS or SSC/AA): Brig Gen Kristin Panzenhagen
• Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3 or SSC/BC): Shannon Pallone
• Space Domain Awareness & Combat Power (SDACP or SSC/SZ): Col Byron E. C. McClain^[40]
• Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (MCPNT or SSC/CG): Cordell A. Delapena Jr.^[41]
• Space Sensing (SSC/SN): Col Robert W. Davis^[42]
• Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI or SSC/TI): Col Corey Klopstein^[43]
• Space Development Agency (SDA): Derek Tournear
• Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO): Kelly D. Hammett^[44]

• Health Systems^{[further explanation needed]}