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A capability program executive (CPE) is an individual in United States military acquisition process responsible for managing development, cost, adoption, and sustainment of equipment.
Established as the program executive officer (PEO), proposed in the Packard Commission.
In 2025, the Army established portfolio acquisition executives (PAE), and renamed its PEOs as capability program executives (CPE). Other service branches have retained some or most of their program executive offices, or are in the process of transitioning them to portfolio acquisition executives.
History
In 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed each military service to replace its program executive officers (or similar but differently named structures) with a portfolio acquisition executive (sandbox) structure.
Army
The Army's program executive offices reported to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), or ASA(ALT).[1]
Operations
Capability program executives
United States Army
The Army has thirteen capability program executives.[2] The Army CPEs report to their portfolio acquisition executive (sandbox) (PAE).
| Emblem | Name | Role | Headquarters | Assigned to | Reports to | Associated organizations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability program executives | |||||||||
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Capability Program Executive for Ammunition and Energetics (sandbox) (CPE A&E) | Develop and procure ammunition for DoD, and develop and procure armaments for the Army | Picatinny Arsenal | USAASC | PAE AS&A (sandbox) | ||||
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Capability Program Executive for Aviation (sandbox) | Research, procurement, and fielding of aviation systems | Redstone Arsenal
(Alabama) |
USAASC | PAE Maneuver Air (sandbox) | ||||
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Capability Program Executive for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (sandbox) (CPE CBRND) | Develop and procure CBRN defense equipment for DoD | Aberdeen Proving Ground
(Maryland) |
USAASC | PAE LP-CBRND (sandbox) | ||||
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Capability Program Executive for Combat Logistics (sandbox) (CPE CL) | Research, procurement, and combat support and combat service support vehicles and equipment (PEO CS&CSS) | Detroit Arsenal
(Michigan) |
USAASC | PAE AS&A (sandbox) | ||||
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Capability Program Executive for Command and Control Information Network (sandbox) (CPE C2IN) | Research, procurement, and fielding of command, control, and communications systems (?) | Aberdeen Proving Ground
(Maryland) |
USAASC | PAE C2/CC2 (sandbox) | ||||
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Capability Program Executive for Defensive Fires (sandbox) (CPE DF)(?) | Research, procurement, and fielding of missile and air defense systems (PEO MS) | Redstone Arsenal
(Alabama) |
USAASC | PAE Fires (sandbox) | ||||
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Capability Program Executive for Enterprise Software and Services (sandbox) (CPE ES2) | Research, procurement and fielding of Army business software | Fort Belvoir
(Virginia) |
USAASC | ASA(ALT) T2COM (or PAEs) |
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Capability Program Executive, Ground (sandbox) | Research, procurement, and fielding of armored vehicle platforms and soldier equipment | Detroit Arsenal
(Michigan) |
USAASC | PAE Maneuver Ground (sandbox) | ||||
|
Capability Program Executive for Integrated Fires (sandbox) (CPE IF)(?) | Research, procurement, and fielding of missile and air defense systems (PEO MS) | Redstone Arsenal
(Alabama) |
USAASC | PAE Fires (sandbox) | ||||
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Capability Program Executive for Intelligence and Spectrum Warfare (sandbox) (CPE ISW) | Research, procurement, and fielding of intelligence, electronic warfare, and sensor systems | Aberdeen Proving Ground
(Maryland) |
USAASC | PAE C2/CC2 (sandbox) | ||||
|
Capability Program Executive for Mission Autonomy (sandbox) (CPE MA) | Research, procurement, and fielding of unmanned platforms and systems (?) | Fort Belvoir
(Virginia) |
USAASC | PAE Maneuver Air (sandbox) |
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Capability Program Executive for Offensive Fires (sandbox) (CPE OF)(?) | Research, procurement, and fielding of missile and air defense systems (PEO MS) | Redstone Arsenal
(Alabama) |
USAASC | PAE Fires (sandbox) | ||||
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Capability Program Executive for Simulation, Training, Test and Threat (sandbox) (CPE ST3) | Research, procurement, and fielding of simulation and training systems | Orlando, Florida | USAASC | PAE C2/CC2 (sandbox) | ||||
| Source: Program executive offices[3] | |||||||||
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
United States Air Force
United States Space Force
See also
Explanatory notes
References
- ^ Roque, Ashley; Welch, Carley (12 November 2025). "The Army is changing its acquisition structure". Breaking Defense. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
Under those two offices will live six overarching "Portfolio Acquisition Executives," or PAEs: Fires in Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; Command and Control (C2) and Counter C2 in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Maneuver Ground in Fort Benning, Ga.; Maneuver Air in Fort Rucker, Ala; Agile Sustainment and Ammunition in Picatinny, N.J.; and Layered Protection Plus Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
- ^ Christ, Erika (27 February 2026). "U.S. Army activates CPE Enterprise Software and Services". www.army.mil. Archived from the original on 28 February 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ "Program executive offices (PEO)". asc.army.mil. US Army Acquisition Support Center. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
External links
- PEOs asc.army.mil at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 March 2016)
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