Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

{{Short description|Senior civilian official within the U.S. Department of the Navy}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition

| flag = US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg

| flagsize = 180

| insignia = File:Seal of the United States Department of the Navy.svg

| insigniaborder = yes

| insigniasize =

| insigniacaption = Seal of the Department of the Navy

| image = Brett A. Seidle.jpg

| incumbent = Brett Seidlehttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/don-rda_dr-brett-seidle-has-assumed-the-duties-as-activity-7287488911319203840-VRSU

| incumbentsince = January 20, 2025

| acting = yes

| termlength = No fixed term

| style = Mr. Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)

| seat = The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States

| nominator = The President with Senate advice and consent

| constituting_instrument = {{url|https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/8016|10. U.S.C. § 8016}}

| succession = 18th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment

| formation = March 1990

| first = Gerald A. Cann

|salary = Executive Schedule, Level IV{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5315}}

| website = {{url|https://www.secnav.navy.mil/rda/Pages/default.aspx|Official website}}

| reports_to = Secretary of the Navy
Under Secretary of the Navy

}}

The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) (abbreviated ASN (RDA)) is a civilian office of the United States Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) requires Senate confirmation, and engages in duties as directed by the United States Secretary of the Navy.[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/5016 10 U.S. Code 5016 re ASN duties]

The office was created in 1990 by merging the duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics) and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering and Systems). The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) is responsible for all of the acquisition functions and programs for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps, subject to the guidelines propounded by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) is also in charge of the Office of Naval Research.

Organization

Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions), 1990—present

class="wikitable"
Name

!Assumed office

!Left office

!President appointed by

!|Secretary served under

Gerald A. Cann

|March 1990

|January 20, 1993

|George H. W. Bush

|Henry L. Garrett III, Sean O'Keefe

Nora Slatkin

|October 22, 1993

|May 16, 1995

|rowspan="3"|Bill Clinton

|rowspan="2"|John Howard Dalton

John W. Douglass

|November 1995

|August 1998

H. Lee Buchanan III

|October 2, 1998

|January 20, 2001

|Richard Danzig

Paul A. Schneider (acting)

|January 21, 2001

|July 16, 2001

|rowspan="5"|George W. Bush

|rowspan="3"|Gordon R. England

John J. Young, Jr.

|July 17, 2001

|November 6, 2005

rowspan="2"|Delores M. Etter

|rowspan="2"|November 7, 2005

|rowspan="2"|November 15, 2007

rowspan="2"|Donald C. Winter
rowspan="2"|John S. Thackrah (acting)

|rowspan="2"|November 16, 2007

|rowspan="2"|July 27, 2008

rowspan="2"|Barack Obama

|rowspan="2"|Ray Mabus

rowspan="2"|Sean Stackley

|rowspan="2"|July 28, 2008

|rowspan="2"|August 3, 2017

rowspan="4"|Donald Trump

|rowspan="3"|Richard V. Spencer

Allison Stiller (acting){{cite web |url=https://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/About/Senior-Executives/Biographies/Stiller,%20A.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813074634/http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/About/Senior-Executives/Biographies/Stiller,%20A.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |title=Allison F. Stiller |type=bio |website= secnav.navy.mil – United States Secretary of the Navy official website|access-date=October 9, 2019}}

|August 4, 2017

|December 5, 2017

rowspan="2"|James Geurts[https://news.usni.org/2017/09/11/socoms-james-geurts-nominated-serve-navy USNI, SOCOM’s James Geurts Nominated to Serve as Navy Acquisition Chief, September 11, 2017]

|rowspan="2"|December 5, 2017

|rowspan="2"|January 20, 2021

Kenneth Braithwaite
Frederick J. Stefany (acting){{cite web |title=Frederick J. (Jay) Stefany |url=https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Biographies/BioDisplay/Article/2479792/frederick-j-jay-stefany/ |website=www.navy.mil |access-date=5 July 2021}}

|January 20, 2021

|December 20, 2023

|rowspan="2"|Joe Biden

|Thomas Harker (acting), Carlos Del Toro

Nickolas Guertin

|December 20, 2023

|January 20, 2025

|Carlos Del Toro

Brett Seidle (acting)

|January 20, 2025

|Incumbent

|Donald Trump

|Terence G. Emmert (acting)
John Phelan

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