Overview
- The service has designated six Portfolio Acquisition Executives over Fires, Maneuver Ground, Maneuver Air, Command and Control and Counter-C2, Agile Sustainment and Ammo, and Layered Protection and CBRND, shifting accountability from programs to capability areas.
- Each portfolio lead is responsible for requirements, S&T, contracting, testing, sustainment, programming and international sales, with an embedded Senior Contracting Official empowered to award contracts quickly and expand use of OTAs and commercial solutions.
- Implementation began in early October with dual reporting to T2COM for requirements and ASA(ALT) for acquisition, and the Army is targeting initial operating capability in January 2026 after identifying its leadership slate.
- The Navy is positioning its new Robotics and Autonomous Systems office as an initial portfolio construct overseeing roughly 200 systems, while a Pentagon push for modular open systems architecture is expected by experts to support a faster hybrid fleet buildout.
- The Pentagon trimmed its critical technology priorities from 14 to six and put a CMMC final rule into effect with a four-phase contracting rollout, as industry flagged assessment-capacity questions even as new entrants voiced optimism about improved market access.