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A Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) employee asks a question to Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe Jr., the director for PAE SSP, at the command’s town hall event in Washington D.C., on April 27, 2026. Wolfe reflected on the command’s 70-year history, program accomplishments, and the valuable work PAE SSP employees have contributed to the Navy’s strategic deterrence mission during the town hall event.

PAE SSP is responsible for sustaining the strategic weapon system on the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and supporting the integration of the D5LE weapon system on the new Columbia-class SSBNs. Looking to the future, SSP is actively modernizing the sea-based leg of the nuclear triad through the development of the D5LE2 SWS and pioneering regional strike capabilities of the future through development of the nuclear-armed sea launched cruise missile and the non-nuclear hypersonic conventional prompt strike system.

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WASHINGTON - A Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) employee asks a question to Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe Jr., the director for PAE SSP, at the command’s town hall event in Washington D.C., on April 27, 2026. Wolfe reflected on the command’s 70-year history, program accomplishments, and the valuable work PAE SSP employees have contributed to the Navy’s strategic deterrence mission during the town hall event. PAE SSP is responsible for sustaining the strategic weapon system on the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and supporting the integration of the D5LE weapon system on the new Columbia-class SSBNs. Looking to the future, SSP is actively modernizing the sea-based leg of the nuclear triad through the development of the D5LE2 SWS and pioneering regional strike capabilities of the future through development of the nuclear-armed sea launched cruise missile and the non-nuclear hypersonic conventional prompt strike system.

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