US Army Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics (ASAALT)

ASAALT is the principal acquirer, developer, manager, deployer, buyer of US Army capabilities. Unlike Army Material Command that is the principal buyer of everything a soldier wears, eats, needs, puts in weapons, etc. ASAALT - in essense - assumes control of capability development once it's ready for acquisition activities - and the requirements are set (by Army Futures Command). If the Warfighter (euphemism for the operational apparatus) creates a requirement for a vehicle with square wheels - ASAALT is forced trying to make it work. In the simplest turns - ASAALT is for the engineering work once something is past the design & prototype stage - where Army Futures learns enough to decide what works best for a capability; Army Futures / Requirements teams Design, prototype, test, learn | ASAALT engineers, specifies, builds, and ultimately equips the Army.