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White House Nominating Head Of DOT&E As Navy Acquisition Chief

White House Nominating Head Of DOT&E As Navy Acquisition Chief
Official portrait of Nickolas Guertin, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) in the office of the Secretary of Defense. In September 2022, the White House announced Guertin is being nominated as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition. (Photo: Department of Defense)

The White House on Sept. 2 announced it intended to nominate the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) to be the next Navy acquisition chief. Nickolas Guertin, head of DOT&E, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester, is being nominated as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN-RDA), the Navy’s top acquisition official. Guertin has served as head of DOT&E within the Office of the Secretary of Defense since December 2021. The office serves as the senior…

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