Affordability through commonality: Army and Navy programs coordinate acquisition of improved and affordable guided munitions - Acquisition of Guided Projectiles

Program Manager, Nov-Dec, 2002 by Capt. Herb Hause, Chris Grassano

Hause served as a Surface Warfare Officer at sea in positions of increasing responsibility: Communications Officer, USS CONE (DD-866) (July 1974-February 1976); sequential billets as Combat Information Center Officer, Main Propulsion Assistant, and Engineer Officer, USS MITSCHER (DDG-35) (April 1976-June 1978); Assistant Material Officer, Commander Destroyer Squadron 2 (June 1978-June 1980); Weapons Officer, USS MCCLOY (FF-1038) (March 1981-October 1982); Operations Officer, Commander Destroyer Squadron 22 (January 1983-January 1985); Executive Officer, USS SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (FFG-13) (September 1985-May 1987); and Commanding Officer, USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF-1089) (April 1991-January 1993).

Hause's professional military training and education include Surface Warfare Officer Department Head School (June 1980-January 1981, Distinguished Graduate); Armed Forces Staff College (January 1985-June 1985); Surface Warfare Officer Executive Officer Course (June 1985-August 1985); Surface Warfare Officer Commanding Officer and Senior Officer Ship Materiel Readiness Course (September 1990-January 1991, Honor Graduate); and Defense Systems Management College, Program Management Course (January 1993-June 1993) and Executive Course (October 1998).

Ashore, Hause served in the Operational Plans and Interoperability Directorate (J-7), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from June 1987 to September 1990; the Naval Sea Systems Command from June 1993-August 1995 as Director, Surface Anti-Submarine Warfare Systems Division (SEA 91W4) and as Program Manager for Engineering Change 16 for the AN/SQS-53A Sonar. His program received the Vice President's "Heroes of Reinvention" Hammer Award in 1995.

From August 1995 until April 1998 he served as the Major Program Manager for Combat Systems Training Programs, PMS 430, within Program Executive Office for Carriers, Littoral Warfare and Auxiliary Ships. Major programs included the Battle Force Tactical Training System and Joint Simulation System (JSIMS) Maritime. From May 1998 to February 2000 Hause served as Deputy Program Executive Officer for Undersea Warfare.

Hause is married to the former Karen Dubac of Woodbridge, Virginia. They have four children: sons William, Thomas, and Matthew; and daughter, Jennifer. He and his family reside in Compton, Md.

CHRIS J. GRASSANO

Deputy Product Manager, Excalibur

Chris J. Grassano is currently the Deputy Product Manager, Excalibur, in the Project Manager's Office, Close Air Support, Armament, Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., a position to which he was assigned in September 1999. As Deputy Product Manager, he is responsible for engineering and technical management functions incident to development, integration, acquisition and fielding of Excalibur, an ACAT I weapon system that will be a family of modular precision-guided extended range artillery projectiles with three distinct payloads.

Grassano holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology; a Master's in Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology; and a Master of Science in Management from Florida Institute of Technology He has completed all programs on Leadership for Senior Executives at Harvard University; and is a graduate of the Advanced Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College. Grassano is a Level III-certified acquisition professional in three acquisition career fields: Program Management; Test and Evaluation; and Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering.