The Senate on Tuesday voted 51-46 to confirm Michael Duffey as under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment.
In a LinkedIn post published Tuesday, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment said Duffey will serve as the defense secretary’s principal adviser on all matters related to acquisition, logistics, contracting, materiel readiness and the defense industrial base.
He will bring expertise in technology, national security and federal budgeting to the role and lead work on nuclear deterrence, chemical, and biological defense policy and programs.
Breaking Defense reported that Duffey will oversee the Department of Defense’s weapons-making enterprise and the Trump administration’s new acquisition priorities, including the Golden Dome missile shield.
During his Senate confirmation hearing in March, he told lawmakers that he would prioritize advancing defense production capacity, limiting the barriers to new entrants to the defense industry and speeding up the transition of new technologies to the operational phase.
Michael Duffey’s Career Background
Duffey was a partner at Equinox Global Solutions.
During the first Trump administration, he served as associate director for national security at the Office of Management and Budget.
He also held multiple roles at the Pentagon for over a decade, including deputy chief of staff to the DOD secretary; chief of staff to the under secretary of defense for research and engineering; special assistant to the secretary of defense for White House liaison; and deputy director for data analysis.
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