Land Warfare & Munitions (LW&M)
- Serves as the primary point-of-contact in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for matters dealing with land warfare and munitions
- Responsible for acquisition oversight and technology advancement of tactical land warfare and conventional munitions programs in the following areas:
- Army/Marine Corps/Air Force rotary-wing and tilt-rotor aviation
- Combat and tactical vehicles (tracked and wheeled)
- Conventional munitions
- Force protection and physical security
- Focused and precision munitions
- Munitions safety and demilitarization
- Non-lethal weapons
- Robotics and unmanned ground vehicles
- Radars
- Radios and ground networks
- Soldier Systems
- Supports related program acquisition and life-cycle consideration
- Manages the DoD Joint Ground Robotics Program
- Manages joint DoD/DOE program integration in the areas of munitions, energetic and modeling and simulation
- Manages Insensitive Munitions and Fuze Science and Technology Programs
Initiatives
Leadership Spotlight
Jose Gonzalez
Deputy Director, Land Warfare & Munitions
Mr. Jose Gonzalez is the Deputy Director, Land Warfare and Munitions, within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, where he provides policy and oversight. Mr. Gonzalez has been with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) since 2001 and with the Department of Defense since 1985.
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