Named

The Army has named the new program executive office it recently set up to oversee the integration of the service’s modernization efforts across all brigade combat teams, according to a service spokesman.

The new PEO integration will manage the ground combat vehicle initiative as well as the capability packages, which are set to follow the first set of spin-out equipment developed under the Future Combat Systems program, said Paul Mehney, spokesman for the new office, earlier this month.

Previously, the FCS program was managed by a program manager rather than a program executive office. Mehney said a PEO has broader authority and will reflect a different way of managing funding. Additionally, a PEO is responsible for managing several major defense acquisition programs, each individually overseen by program and product offices with separate funding lines, he said.

The new PEO will be headquartered in St. Louis, MO, with supporting offices in Warren, MI, Huntsville, AL, Ft. Bliss, TX, and at the Pentagon, said Mehney.

FURTHER READING:

• First Army GCV Industry Day on Oct. 16
• Army Standing Up New Offices to Oversee Modernization Efforts