Program Executive Officer Aviation

Program Executive Office - Aviation. The Army's program to bring a modern digital cockpit to the Black Hawk helicopter hit another milestone July 9 when it began Limited User Test with two prototype aircraft at Redstone Arsenal.

They hold positions in dozens of different career and job areas, from health care to engineering. Sailors interested in becoming a Commissioned Officer in the United States Navy can obtain program information from the Enlisted to Officer Commissioning Program Application Administrative Manual OPNAVINST 1420.1 series. Program executive officer. A program executive officer, or PEO, is one of a few key individuals in the United States military acquisition process. As can be seen from 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.

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The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) provides material support for aircraft and airborne weapon systems for the United States Navy. It is one of the various Navy systems commands, and was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons.

NAVAIR is headquartered in Patuxent River, Md., with military and civilian personnel stationed at eight locations across the continental United States and one site overseas. The current commander as of 31 May 2018 is Vice Admiral G. Dean Peters.^[1] The vice commander is Rear Admiral (Lower Half) (Sel) John S. Lemmon.^[2] The deputy commander, or senior civilian service member, is Mr. Garry R. Newton.^[3]

NAVAIR's mission is to provide full life-cycle support of naval aviation aircraft, weapons and systems operated by Sailors and Marines. This support includes research, design, development and systems engineering, acquisition, test and evaluation, training facilities and equipment, repair and modification, and in-service engineering and logistics support.

NAVAIR is organized into eight 'competencies' or communities of practice namely: program management, contracts, research and engineering, test and evaluation, logistics and industrial operations, corporate operations, comptroller and counsel.

The competency alignment of the organization is changing to 'mission alignment.' ^[4]

NAVAIR provides support (through people, processes, tools, training, mission facilities, and core technologies) to Naval Aviation Program Executive Officers (PEOs) and their assigned program managers, who are responsible for meeting the cost, schedule, and performance requirements of their assigned programs.

NAVAIR Tomahawk cruise missile

NAVAIR Locations[edit]

NAVAIR Headquarters is a tenant activity of Patuxent River NAS in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Ten NAVAIR locations exist, with eight U.S. locations from coast to coast, and two international locations. These are:

Patuxent River, Maryland: Aircraft & Systems Development, Test, and Evaluation; Test Ranges [4]
Lakehurst, New Jersey: Support Equipment, Aircraft Launch & Recovery Equipment [5]
Orlando, Florida: Training Systems, Instructional Systems [6]
China Lake, California: Weapons and Systems Development, Energetics, Test Ranges [7]
Point Mugu, California: Weapons Test and Evaluation, Targets, Test Ranges [8]
North Island, California: [9][10]
Cherry Point, North Carolina: In-Service Support Center, Vertical Lift Center of Excellence [11]
Jacksonville, Florida: In-Service Engineering, Repair and Modification Services [12]
Atsugi, Japan: [13]
Naples, Italy: [14]

Program Executive Officers (PEO)[edit]

Program Executive Office Peo Aviation

The Naval Air Systems Command is organizationally aligned to the Chief of Naval Operations. As part of its mission, NAVAIR provides support, manpower, resources, and facilities to its aligned Program Executive Offices (PEO's). The Program Executive Offices are responsible for the execution of major defense acquisition programs. The PEO's are organizationally aligned to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RDA)). The Naval Aviation PEO's are co-located with the Naval Air Systems Command, and operate under NAVAIR policies and procedures. Other PEO's, such as the Office of the Secretary of Defense's direct reporting Program Executive Office, Joint Strike Fighter (PEO(JSF)) also obtain support, manpower, laboratories and facilities from NAVAIR.

Naval Aviation PEOs are:

Program Executive Officer, Tactical Programs (PEO(T))
Program Executive Officer, Assault and ASW Programs (PEO(A))
Program Executive Officer, Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO(U&W))

Naval Aviation Enterprise[edit]

NAVAIR is part of the Naval Aviation Enterprise triad model currently headed by the Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) and supported by the OPNAV Director, Naval Air Warfare.

Footnotes[edit]

^[1] Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Vice Adm. David A. Dunaway. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^[2] Vice Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Rear Adm. Kirby D. Miller. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^[3] Deputy Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Mr. Kalman I. Leikach. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^NAVAIR Commander's Update: Expectations for 2019, retrieved 25 September 2019

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