Senate authorizers call for organizational changes in DOD policy, acquisition offices

Senate authorizers call for organizational changes in DOD policy, acquisition offices

The Senate version of the fiscal year 2026 defense policy bill included calls for the Pentagon to add a new assistant secretary to its acquisition and sustainment office and absorb a role at the personnel division into an existing assistant secretary position at the policy directorate. The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft legislative text directs the Defense Department to establish an assistant secretary of defense for international armam…