A&S Goals
Our Focus
A&S remains committed to enabling the delivery and sustainment of capability to our Warfighters. In support of Department priorities, our efforts and resources focus on six cross-cutting goals.
A&S Goal
Drive Competitive Advantage
To secure our military advantage in a new, rapidly evolving security environment, A&S will lead the Department in adopting a systems- and portfolio-based framework that aligns strategic decision-making for capabilities to the mission areas required for integrated deterrence.
A&S Goal
Fortify and Protect DoD Installations
Threats from determined attackers—either cyber or kinetic—and climate risk must be tackled to ensure DoD can operate under contested or changing conditions, preserve operational capability, and enhance the natural and man-made systems essential to the Department’s success.
A&S Goal
Modernize and Sustain the Nuclear Deterrent, and Protect Against Threats
A&S will continue guiding and directing the highly complex, interdependent nuclear modernization programs, and reform approaches to surveillance, detection, preparedness, and response to chemical and biological threats.
A&S Goal
Shape a 21st Century Defense Industrial Base
A resilient defense industrial base—which includes both commercial and organic manufacturing and sustainment—is a critical element of U.S. power, and preserves and extends our competitive advantage.
A&S Goal
Enhance Global Partnership
Allies and partners, both at home and abroad, underwrite the A&S portfolio and we will seek to strengthen partnerships in support of shared security interests.
A&S Goal
Cultivate our Human Capital
People are our most critical asset and the key to driving our competitive advantage; A&S will strengthen our workforce by building modern learning resources and ensuring our recruitment and retention strategies provide for diversity and inclusion.
