{"id":20176,"date":"2022-03-15T15:07:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/15\/dod-acquisition-nominees-hearing-set-for-march-22\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:48:40","slug":"dod-acquisition-nominees-hearing-set-for-march-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2022\/03\/15\/dod-acquisition-nominees-hearing-set-for-march-22\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD acquisition nominee\u2019s hearing set for March 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee for Pentagon acquisition chief, Bill LaPlante, will have his Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing next week, according to a Senate aide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2021\/11\/30\/white-house-taps-former-air-force-official-to-run-pentagon-acquisition\/\" target=\"_blank\">LaPlante<\/a>, a former Air Force acquisition chief, on Tuesday, March 22. The administration has faced a lengthy delay in filling the role of undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, a key position in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=site%3Adefensenews.com+laplante+austin&#038;oq=site%3Adefensenews.com+laplante+austin&#038;aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i58.2814j0j4&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon\u2019s race to compete with China technologically<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden nominated LaPlante, now the chief executive of Draper Laboratory, for undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, or A&amp;S, in late November, but his nomination wasn\u2019t received in the Senate until late February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If confirmed, LaPlante would be the face of the Defense Department to industry, which wants the Pentagon to embrace new buying authorities to quickly purchase and field cutting-edge tech. Industry groups said they have felt the leadership vacuum as they\u2019ve dealt with supply chain problems and budget gridlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe primary conduit for industry with the Department of Defense is A&amp;S, and the fact you don\u2019t have these political positions filled is just terribly challenging for industry. You don\u2019t get the guidance, the strategy and the leadership,\u201d National Defense Industrial Association President Herbert \u201cHawk\u201d Carlisle told Defense News in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the key jobs of A&amp;S is to telegraph to industry that government\u2019s willing to take a little risk and not be so risk averse, because we all know you have to take risks to have that kind of agility and speed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the delay is that Michael Brown, first nominated for the job in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/07\/14\/bidens-nominee-for-top-dod-weapons-chief-withdraws\/\">withdrew his nomination<\/a> in July amid an inspector general investigation into his leadership at the Defense Innovation Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As SASC pushes to confirm nominees, the confirmation hearing will also be for Erik Raven, the majority clerk for the Senate Appropriations Committee who was nominated for Navy undersecretary, the sea service\u2019s No. 2 civilian job. 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