What does DAS stand for?

• A. Departmental Administrative Services
• B. Defense Allocation Summary
• C. Defense Acquisition System
• D. Dynamic Air Support

Answer: (C)

Defense Acquisition System is the framework DoD uses to manage the entire life cycle of defense capabilities—from identifying a need to delivering and sustaining the system in the field. It governs how programs are initiated, analyzed, designed, tested, produced, and maintained, with defined milestones, roles, and decision points to ensure accountability and proper use of resources. In many DoD and CGSC materials, the acronym represents this official process for acquiring weapons and related systems. The other phrases aren’t recognized as standard DoD program management terms, so they don’t fit as the established meaning of DAS.