THE FIRST 25 YEARS
As is often the case, the history of the Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) doesn't begin with its actual founding. Rather, it begins in the recommendations of the Packard Commission and the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. As a result of that legislation, the Army adopted a three-tiered acquisition management chain in 1987 that consisted of the Army acquisition executive, program executive officers (PEOs) and project or product managers. PEOs were given responsibility for cost and performance of specific acquisition programs, and project and product managers in turn reported to their respective PEOs. Twenty PEOs were established on May 1, 1987. GEN Carl E. Vuono signed the memo that would create the AAC in 1989. Te Defense Workforce Improvement Act followed in 1990, and Defense Acquisition University followed quickly in 1991.
Tis timeline of the first 25 years combines input from the PEOs with Army AL&T magazine staff research. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but to provide a general overview of how far the AAC and the Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce have come in 2 1/2 decades.
USARIEM
Publishes TB MED 508. JPEO CBD
Begins fielding JBAIDS.
War in Iraq March 20, 2003 – Dec. 15, 2011
PEO GCS
Stryker first unit equipped.
PEO FAS Paladin begins low-rate
production.
PEO AVIATION Retrofit of all AHIP equipment to fully armed configuration approved.
Configuring 81 aircraft to MPLH approved.
Ends production of UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter.
AAC
Created Oct. 13, 1989.
1989 1990 1991 PEO EIS
Adopts COTS solutions to address environmental issues affecting connectivity and computing in theater.
PEO AVIATION MQ-5B Hunter unmanned aircraft added to PM UAS fleet.
Longbow Fire
Control Radar, Radar Frequency Hellfire Missile and AH-64D programs are aligned.
USAARL
Expands contact lens research
protocol to support deployed Apache aircrew.
DAWIA Enacted Nov. 5.
Army Acquisition Executive Support Agency established.
Gulf War August 1990 – February 1991
PEO HIGH- MEDIUM AIR DEFENSE PATRIOT successfully intercepts and destroys an Iraqi Scud missile.
AMSAA
Gains independent logistics analysis mission.
PEO IEW&S Fields the Joint STARS Ground Station Module in Operation Desert Storm.
1992 1993
PEO STRI Army activates PEO STRI.
PEO GPALS Created by the merger of PEO Air Defense and the former Army Strategic Defense Command and the Army Missile Command.
PEO MISSILE DEFENSE PEO GPALS renamed PEO Missile Defense.
TATRC
Established under the name Medical
Advanced Technology Management Office.
AMSAA
Required to provide AMC an overview of the reliability and performance of nuclear and non- nuclear ammunition, missiles and materiel systems.
PEO C3T
Leads the Army’s Battlefield
Digitization initiative and the digitization of heavy forces.
1994 USAARL
Develops the Crew Endurance
Management System.
Fields and tests the Communications Ear Plug for Army aviators.
AMSAA
Designated as the Army Executive Agent for Reliability Standards.
PEO C3T Created by the merger of PEO Communications Systems and PEO Command and Control Systems.
1995 USAMMA
Assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command.
USAARL Uses Aviation Epidemiology Data Register to define the U.S. Army aviation population for flight surgeons.
ACAT II
Established to provide battle labs with means of experimenting with targeted, enabling technologies for near-term use.
HETS First unit equipped. 1996 1997 ACWA
PROGRAM Established under new legislation.
PEO AMD
PEO Missile Defense is renamed PEO AMD.
Sentinel first
production delivered. ACMO
Evolves from the Army Acquisition Corps Re-engineering Team.
USAARL Develops and
transitions the Small Letter Contrast Test.
USACEHR Is established.
WRAIR
Licenses hepatitis A vaccine.
PEO AMD Javelin begins
full-rate production.
PEO AVIATION Delivers first
AH-64D Longbow Apache (Block I).
1998
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) established.
PEO GCS Te Stryker Program begins.
PEO C3T Begins fielding FBCB2.
PEO IEW&S Fields Driver’s Vision Enhancer.
USAARL Publishes
“Helmet-Mounted Displays: Design Issues for Rotary- Wing Aircraft.”
1999 ARMY SSC
Produces Interceptor Body Armor.
USARIEM
Fluid replacement guidelines for warm weather training are adopted by TRADOC.
PEO IEW&S Makes initial delivery of the Forward Looking Infrared.
PEO AVIATION HELLFIRE
Longbow achieves initial operational capability.
2000 2001
PEO AVIATION RQ-7B Shadow added to Army’s UAS fleet.
PM Aircraft Systems reflagged PMO Aviation and Maintenance Support Systems.
TATRC
AAMTI begins, aims to encourage medical technology entrepreneurship.
JPEO CBD Receives charter.
War in
Afghanistan Oct. 7
PEO EIS
PEO STAMIS becomes PEO EIS.
PEO EIS, through PD ITS, leads task of modernizing and installing IT capabilities and infrastructure at the Pentagon.
PEO AVIATION UH-60M Upgrade Product Office is established to extend the service life of the UH-60 design.
PEO CS&CSS PEO established.
2002 PEO EIS
Inherits LMP from AMC.
USAMMA Maintenance Operations
Division obtains ISO certification.
PEO AMMO Designated as the single manager for conventional ammunition.
Fields mortar fire control system to 1st Cavalry Division.
PEO AVIATION Delivers first
AH-64D Longbow Apache (Block II).
2003
PEO AMMO Is established.
PEO SOLDIER Is established.
RFI delivers equip- ment, weapons and other gear to Soldiers much faster than the conventional
acquisition process.
PEO AVIATION Delivers last CH-47D Chinook, known as “Mr. Potato.”
Establishes H-60 Recapitalization Program at Corpus Christi Army Depot.
PM Army Materiel Status System is deactivated and reestablished as PM Aircraft Systems.
USAMMA
Implements an SAP Enterprise Resource Planning System.
ACMO becomes Acquisition Support Center. It will become the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center in October 2006.
PEO AVIATION ACAT 1D H-60M Program completes Milestone C requirements.
LUH Capabilities Development
Document approved.
PEO AMMO Lightweight
Handheld Mortar Ballistic Computer is type-classified.
PEO IEW&S Common Missile Warning System fielded to troops deployed for OIF.
Fields Duke CREW systems.
PEO EIS
CHESS Consolidat- ed Buy Program is rolled out.
PEO MISSILES AND SPACE Established with the merger of PEO Tactical Missiles and PEO Air, Space and Missile Defense.
PEO CS&CSS Creates PM Future Tactical Systems (Provisional).
Gansler
Commission formed.
PEO AMMO Product Manager for Improvised Explosive Devices Defeat/Protect Force established.
PEO AVIATION First unit is equipped with CH-47F.
AME PO begins fielding ARC-231 SATCOM radios.
PEO STRI Establishes contracting authority.
JPEO CBD Improved skin decontamination capability against CWAs achieves full- rate production.
PEO AMMO Fields Excalibur Ia1.
PEO SOLDIER Deploys Land Warrior System to Iraq with 4th Bn, 9th Inf.
2004 2005 2006 2007 PEO C3T
Rapidly equips 3rd Infantry Division with WIN-T.
PEO IEW&S Fields Persistent Treat Detection System.
PEO AVIATION T700-GE-701D engine enters production,
improving power and durability for Black Hawk and Apache helicopters.
Establishes Light Utility Helicopter Product Office.
PEO SOLDIER Fields CROWS.
PEO GCS
Up-armor of the HMMWV and tactical vehicle fleets begins.
MRAP Program begins.
JPEO CBD Begins fielding the ALS and UCS to the WMD CSTs.
2008
PEO IEW&S Distributed
Common Ground System – Army is fielded to troops supporting OIF.
ARMY
INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE
Office established.
JM&L LCMC Created by linking PEO Ammo with AMRDEC and JMC.
ASA(ALT)
Acquires MRAPs to safeguard Soldiers from roadside bombs and other IEDs.
PEO AVIATION Begins production of CH-47F helicopter.
USAARL
Develops FOCUS to evaluate performance of face and eye pro- tective equipment.
U.S. Army Acqui- sition Support Center is design- ated as a direct reporting unit of the ASA(ALT) on Oct. 16.
Congress passes Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act.
TATRC
C/T2 Program established.
USAARL Publishes
“Helmet-Mounted Displays: Sensation, Perception and Cognition.”
JPEO CBD
Begins fielding Joint Chemical Agent Detector.
PEO AMMO Receives program responsibility for non-standard ammo.
Establishes Project Director for Joint Products.
PEO IEW&S Fields Prophet Enhanced electronic warfare system.
Establishes Project Manager for
Electronic Warfare. 2009 JPEO CBD
Begins fielding Joint Service General Purpose Mask.
PEO IEW&S Begins fielding Base Expeditionary Targeting
Surveillance System – Combined.
PEO AVIATION Adds MQ-1C Gray Eagle to Army's UAS fleet.
Equips 159th CAB, 101st Airborne with UH-60M Upgrade.
USARIEM
Receives U.S. patent for Skin Temperature Feedback Microclimate Cooling Method.
ACC
U.S. Army Contrac- ting Command established.
PEO SOLDIER Fields ENVG.
2010
Better Business Practice – Better Buying Power Initiative launched.
PEO IEW&S 40th anniversary of Guardrail System.
USAARL
Develops Rabin Color Vision Test to quantify color vision performance.
PEO AVIATION First unit synced with Centralized Aviation Flight Records System’s central database.
Army acquires RQ-20A Puma.
Delivers first AH-64E Apache.
2011
PEO AMMO Fields 5.56 mm Enhanced Performance
(lead-free) Round.
Husky Mounted Detection System designated for urgent materiel release.
PEO AVIATION PdM AGSE begins fielding Standard Aviation Towing System.
CASUP for Kiowa Warrior completes Milestone B review.
Produces 15,000th T700 engine.
Tactical Airspace Integration System named Network Centric Warfare U.S. Government Program of the Year.
USAMMA
Establishes PMO MEDEVAC MEP.
2012
PEO AVIATION PdM ATC begins fielding the Mobile Tower System.
PEO AMMO Spider Baseline Increment 1 receives full-rate production approval.
Precision Guidance Kit Increment 1 TC begins limited production.
JPEO CBD Field Deployable Hydrolysis System developed.
PEO MISSILES AND SPACE Intercept capability is deployed to Afghanistan, and first successful intercept occurs just six days after initial operational capability.
PEO IEW&S First Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance Surveillance System arrives.
USAMMDA
Regenerative Medicine: double-arm and face transplants.
Adopts ECTD system. 2013 PEO C3T
Project Manager for Tactical Radios is created.
Begins fielding CS 13, the first package of integrated, tactical comms equipment.
PEO AVIATION Blue Force Tracker - Aviation transitions from PEO C3T to PEO Aviation.
Improved Turbine Engine Program achieves a successful materiel develop- ment decision.
PEO EIS
GFEBS reaches full deployment.
TATRC
COMETS commercial- ized in August by CAE Health Care for sales worldwide.
ACWA
PROGRAM ACWA is
redesignated as a PEO.
PEO SOLDIER Fields Nett Warrior.
Fields FIOTV.
USAMRMC Systems Biology Enterprise relocates to USACEHR.
2014
PEO AMMO Excalibur Ib receives full-rate production approval.
PEO AVIATION Army UAS surpass the 2 million flight hours milestone.
UH-60V Black Hawk becomes program of record.
Production of the CH-47F MY II (11-08431) rolls out.
Army Contracting Command and Expeditionary Contracting Command integrate
headquarters staff.
ACRONYMS
• AAMTI: AMEDD Advanced Medical Technology Initiative
• ACAT: Acquisition Category • ACMO: Army Career Management Office
• ACWA: Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
• AHIP: Army Helicopter Improvement Program • ALS: Analytical Laboratory System • AMC: Army Materiel Command
• AME PO: Aviation Mission Equipment Project Office
• AMEDD: Army Medical Department • AMD: Air and Missile Defense • AMMO: Ammunition
• AMRDEC: Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
• AMSAA: Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
• AMSAA: • Army SSC: Army Soldier Systems Center
• C3T: Command, Control and Communications – Tactical • CAB: Combat Aviation Brigade • CASUP: Cockpit and Sensor Upgrade Program • COMETS: Combat Medic Training System
• CREW: Counter-Radio Controlled IED Electronic Warfare
• CROWS: Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station
• CS&CSS: Combat Support and Combat Service Support
• CST: Civil Support Team • C/T2: Commercialization/Technology Transfer • CWA: chemical weapons agent
• DAWIA: Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
• ECTD: Electronic Common Technical Document
• EIS: Enterprise Information Systems
• ENVG: Enhanced Night Vision Goggle, AN/PSQ-20
• FAS: Field Artillery Systems
• FBCB2: Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below
• FIOTV: Female Improved Outer Tactical Vest • GCS: Ground Combat Systems
• GFEBS: General Fund Enterprise Business Systems
• GPALS: Global Protection Against Limited Strikes
• HETS: Heavy Equipment Transporter System
• HMMWV: High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
• IED: Improvised explosive device
• IEW&S: Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors
• JBAIDS: Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System
• JMC: Joint Munitions Command
• JPEO CBD: Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
• LUH: Light Use Helicopter • MPLH: Multipurpose Lightweight Helicopter
• MRAP: Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle
• OIF: Operation Iraqi Freedom
• PdM AGSE: Product Manager for Aviation Ground Support Equipment • RFI: Rapid Fielding Initiative • SAP: Systems Application Programming
• STAMIS: Standard Army Management Information Systems
• STARS: Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
• STRI: Simulation, Training and Instrumenta- tion
• TATRC: Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
• TRADOC: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
• USAARL: U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
• USACEHR: U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research
• USAMMA: U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency
• USARIEM: U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
• UAS: Unmanned aircraft systems • UCS: Unified Command Suite
• WIN-T: Warfighter Information Network - Tactical
• WMD: Weapons of mass destruction
• WRAIR: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
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