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The '''Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air/Ground Programs''' (DASN (Air/Ground)) is a civilian office in the [[United States Department of the Navy]].  The DASN (Air/Ground) reports to the [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition]], and serves as the principal adviser to the Assistant Secretary on issues involving aircraft, sea-based cruise missiles, air-launched weapons and other airborne systems.
The DASN monitors and advises the assistant secretary on programs managed by the [[Naval Air Systems Command]]; tactical aircraft programs; air anti-submarine programs; [[Unmanned Aerial Vehicles]]; the [[Joint Strike Fighter]] and other programs.  The DASN makes programmatic and technical development recommendations; conducts independent studies; and analyzes industry capability for production and repair of aircraft.
The current DASN (Air/Ground) is William "Bill" E. Taylor.<ref>https://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/About/Senior-Executives/Biographies/Taylor,%20W.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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!Name
!Assumed office
!Left office
!|[[Assistant Secretary]] served under
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|[http://www.ahsphillypa.org/DINNER_MEETING/AHS%20Dinner%20Flier%20January%202009%20Rev%201.pdf Thomas Laux]
|August 2008
|April 2011
|[[Sean Stackley]]
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20141206190706/http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=B65CBBF9-14E9-4269-ADC6-579DE424EB6E Richard Gilpin]
|April 2011
|June 2014
|[[Sean Stackley]]
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|[[Gary Kessler]]
|October 2014
|February 2018
|[[Sean Stackley]], [[James Geurts]]
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|[http://www.secnav.navy.mil/rda/Documents/SES-Bio-Nega-02-18.pdf Daniel Nega]
|February 2018
|April 2020
|[[James Geurts]]
|}
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.secnav.navy.mil/rda/Pages/DASN_Air-Ground.aspx DASN (Air/Ground) Website]
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