The six Naval Sea Systems Command Program Executive Offices(PEOs) are responsible for the development and acquisition of naval platforms and weapons systems. Their mission is to develop, acquire, field and sustain affordable and integrated state of the art equipment for the Navy and Marine Corps.
The Naval Sea Systems Command is organizationally aligned to the Chief of Naval Operations. As part of its mission, NAVSEA provides support, manpower, resources, and facilities to its aligned Program Executive Offices (PEOs). The Program Executive Offices are responsible for the execution of major defense acquisition programs. The PEOs are organizationally aligned to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RDA)). The Naval Sea Systems Command PEOs operate under NAVSEA policies and procedures.
The Commander for Naval Sea Systems Command is Vice Admiral James P. Downey, USN, a post which he assumed in January 2024.
There are six Naval Sea Systems Command Program Executive Offices.[1]
Program Executive Office Aircraft Carriers (PEO Carriers)
PEO (Carriers) provides the Navy with design, construction and delivery, and life-cycle support of all aircraft carriers and the integration of systems into aircraft carriers.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO (Carriers) is Rear Admiral Casey J. Moton, USN, a post which he assumed in July 2023.
PEO (Carriers) comprises four major program offices:[2]
PMS 312: In-Service Aircraft Carrier Program
PMS 378: New Construction Aircraft Carrier Program
PMS 368: Aircraft Carrier Inactivation & Disposal Program
The Program Executive Officer for PEO (Columbia) is Rear Admiral Scott Pappano, USN, a post which he assumed in March 2019.[3]
PEO (Columbia) comprises one major program office:[4]
PMS 397: COLUMBIA Class Program Office
Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS)
PEO (IWS) provides the Navy with design, construction, and delivery of combat systems for surface ships.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO (IWS) is Rear Admiral Elizabeth Okano, USN, a post which she assumed in June 2020.[5]
PEO (IWS) comprises five integrated combat systems major program offices, and seven product major program offices:[6]
Integrated combat systems major program offices
IWS 1.0: AEGIS Program
IWS 4.0: International Programs & Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program
IWS 9.0: Zumwalt Integrated Combat System Program
IWS 80: Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Program, Littoral Combat Ship Combat Systems Program, and Unmanned Systems Program
Product major program offices
IWS 2.0: Above Water Sensors and Lasers Program
IWS 3.0: Surface Ship Weapons Program
IWS 5.0: Undersea Systems Program
IWS 6.0: Command and Control Program
IWS 11.0: Terminal Defense Systems Program
IWS 12.0: NATO Seasparrow Program
IWS?.?: Systems of Systems Engineering / Integrated Fire (SoS/IF) Program
Program Executive Office Ships (PEO Ships)
PEO (Ships) provides the Navy with acquisition and complete life-cycle support for all non-nuclear surface ships.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO (Ships) is Rear Admiral Tom J. Anderson, USN, a post which he assumed in March 2019.[7]
PEO (Ships) comprises seven major program offices:[8]
PMS 300: U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Boats and Craft
PMS 317: LPD 17 Program
PMS 320: Electric Ships Office (ESO)
PMS 325: Support Ships, Boats & Craft Program
PMS 373: Polar Security Cutter Program
PMS 377: Amphibious Warfare Program
PMS 385: Strategic & Theater Sealift Program
PMS 400D: DDG 51 Program - Arleigh Burke class destroyer
PMS 500: DDG 1000 Program - Zumwalt class destroyer
PMS 460: DDG (X) Program - Guided Missile destroyer
Program Executive Office Submarines (PEO Submarines)
PEO (Submarines) provides the Navy with the design, construction, delivery, and conversion of submarines and advanced undersea and anti-submarine systems.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO (Submarines) is Rear Admiral David A. Goggins, USN, a post which he assumed in August 2018.[9]
PEO (Submarines) comprises seven major program offices:[10]
PMS 401: Submarine Acoustic Systems Program
PMS 404: Undersea Weapons Program
PMS 415: Undersea Defensive Warfare Systems Program
PMS 425: Submarine Combat and Weapons Control Program
PMS 435: Submarine Electromagnetic Systems Program
PMS 450: VIRGINIA Class Program
PMS 485: Maritime Surveillance Systems Program
Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC)
PEO (USC) provides the Navy with the design, development, build, maintenance and modernization of unmanned maritime systems, mine warfare systems and small surface combatants. This PEO was established in March 2018 with the renaming of the Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ship (PEO LCS) as Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC).[11]
The Program Executive Officer for PEO (USC) is Rear Admiral Kevin R. Smith, USN, a post which he assumed on 1 June 2023.
PEO (USC) comprises nine major program offices:[12]
PMS 340: Naval Special Warfare Program
PMS 406: Unmanned Maritime Systems Program
PMS 408: Expeditionary Missions
PMS 420: LCS Mission Modules Program
PMS 495: Mine Warfare Systems Program
PMS 501: Littoral Combat Ships Program
PMS 505: LCS Fleet Introduction and Sustainment Program
PMS 515: Frigate Program
PMS 525: International Unmanned and Small Combatants Program
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