TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Rear Adm. Michael Richman, Deputy Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) for Regional Deterrence, presided over the funeral of Seaman 1st Class Wayne Edward Newton at Grandview Cemetery on May 16, 2026...

On May 19, 2026, the U.S. Senate confirmed the military promotion of Rear Adm. Douglas L. Williams to vice admiral. Williams, who currently serves as the director for test at the Missile Defense Agency, will assume command as the 15th director of Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic...

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe Jr., director of Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), presented awards to the recipients of the 2026 Director’s Awards and 2026 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Lifetime Achievement Awards at the biannual Steering Task...

How many kids truly know what their parents do for work? Some might have an idea, but perhaps most have a difficult time explaining it...

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe, Jr, director of Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), announced the SSP enterprise Sailor of the Year on April 17...

This year, May 3-9 marks the annual Public Service Recognition Week, a campaign that honors the contributions of employees across the government workforce at federal, state, and local levels...

Every April, the Department of War (DoW) celebrates the Month of the Military Child, recognizing the important role military children play in the armed forces community. While the nation’s warfighters are protecting the homeland and her interests around the world, the children of U.S. military...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Servicemembers assigned to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Global Threat Reduction Directorate (GT) and Sailors from U.S. Navy Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) spent a week engaging in cross-program knowledge transfer March 23-27...

When Portfolio Acquisition Executive Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) was established in 1955 at the request of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, an unprecedented challenge was assigned to the Navy command: to work with the U.S. Army to host the Jupiter missile on a Navy vessel...

The U.S. Army's Portfolio Acquisition Executive Fires, in partnership with the U.S. Navy's Portfolio Acquisition Executive Strategic Systems Programs, conducted a successful launch of a common hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on March 26, 2026.The Army and Navy...