Naval Air Systems Command Program Executive Offices


The Naval Air Systems Command Program Executive Offices '' are organizations responsible for the prototyping, procurement, and fielding of naval air equipment. Their mission is to develop, acquire, field and sustain affordable and integrated state of the art equipment for the Navy.
The Naval Air Systems Command is organizationally aligned to the Chief of Naval Operations. As part of its mission, NAVAIR provides support, manpower, resources, and facilities to its aligned Program Executive Offices. 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. The Naval Aviation PEOs are co-located with the Naval Air Systems Command at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, and operate under NAVAIR policies and procedures.
There are five Naval Air Systems Program Executive Offices.

Program Executive Office, Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault & Special Mission (PEO(A))

PEO provides the Navy and Marine Corps with helicopters, special mission aircraft, and aviation anti-submarine warfare equipment and aircraft.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO is Brigadier General David C. Walsh, USMC, a post which he assumed in June 2024.
PEO comprises nine major program offices:
  • PMA-207: Tactical Airlift Program
  • PMA-261: H-53 Helicopters Program
  • PMA-264: Air Anti-Submarine Warfare Systems Program
  • PMA-271: Airborne Strategic Command, Control and Communications Program
  • PMA-274: Presidential Helicopters Program
  • PMA-275: V-22 Joint Program
  • PMA-276: H1 Program
  • PMA-290: Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft Program
  • PMA-299: H-60 Multi-mission Helicopter Program

    Program Executive Office, Tactical Aircraft Programs (PEO(T))

PEO provides the Navy and Marine Corps with full life-cycle support of naval aviation aircraft, weapons and systems.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO is Rear Admiral John S. Lemmon, USN, a post which he assumed in September 2022.
PEO comprises twelve major program offices:
  • PMA-205: Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges Program
  • PMA-209: Air Combat Electronics Program
  • PMA-226: Specialized and Proven Aircraft Program
  • PMA-213: Naval Air Traffic Management Systems Program
  • PMA-231: E-2/C-2 Airborne Command and Control Systems Program
  • PMA-234: Airborne Electronic Attack Systems Program
  • PMA-251: Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Program
  • PMA-257: AV-8B Program
  • PMA-259: Air-To-Air Missiles Program
  • PMA-265: F/A-18 and EA-18G Program
  • PMA-272: Advanced Tactical Aircraft Protection Systems Program
  • PMA-273: Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program
  • PMWA-170: Navy Communications and GPS Navigation Program

    Program Executive Office, Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO(U&W))

PEO provides the Navy and Marine Corps with unmanned aircraft, weapons and target systems.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO is Rear Admiral Stephen R. Tedford, USN, a post which he assumed in May 2022.
PEO comprises eleven major program offices:
  • PMA-201: Precision Strike Weapons Program
  • PMA-202: Aircrew Systems Program
  • PMA-208: Aerial Targets Program
  • PMA-242: Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Program
  • PMA-262: Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program
  • PMA-260: Common Aviation Support Equipment Program
  • PMA-263: Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program
  • PMA-266: Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems Program
  • PMA-268: Unmanned Carrier Aviation Program
  • PMA-280: Tomahawk Weapons System Program
  • PMA-281: Strike Planning and Execution Systems Program

    Program Executive Office, F-35 Lightning II (PEO(F-35))

PEO, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter Program, is tasked with defining affordable next generation strike aircraft weapon systems for the Navy, Air Force, Marines, and allies.
The Program Executive Officer for PEO is Lieutenant General Michael J. Schmidt, USAF.

Products

NAVAIR operations can also be subdivided into five product areas:
  • Fixed Wing
  • Rotorcraft
  • Weapons
  • Unmanned
  • Aviation Systems