A&T Organization

With more than 11,000 dedicated professionals, A&T's oversight and policy direction reaches across the Department of Defense (DoD), improving acquisition processes, major defense systems, software and systems engineering, developmental testing, industrial base preparedness, contracting, and small business programs. Six Directorates comprise A&T: Defense Procurement, Acquisition Policy and Strategic Sourcing, Industrial Policy, Joint Advanced Concepts, Office of Small Business Programs, Portfolio Systems Acquisition and Systems & Software Engineering. Additionally, A&T oversees the Defense Acquisition University and the Defense Contract Management Agency, which provide premier workforce training, and education, and world class contract management and administration services, respectively.