DISCLOSURE / FILEDoD Establishment of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), AARO Congressional and Press Products.html
DoD press product announcing the formal establishment of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) as the permanent successor to the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, with scope expanded across all domains.
Brief
On July 15, 2022, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, established the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) under authority of the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act. AARO replaces the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) and expands the government's anomaly-resolution mandate from airspace to all operating domains, including space, subsurface, and transmedium. The source available here is the listing description from the war.gov AARO Congressional and Press Products page; no extractable body text was provided.
Metadata
- Agency
- U.S. Department of Defense / Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense
- Release
- 2022-07-15
- Type
- PDF • .html
- Length
- 73.5 K
- Classification
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Programs
- AARO, AOIMSG
- Tags
- AARO, AOIMSG, DoD, DNI, FY2022 NDAA, all-domain, transmedium, 2022
Key points
- Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks established AARO in coordination with the DNI.p.1
- AARO is the permanent successor to the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG).p.1
- The establishment was carried out under authority of the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act.p.1
- AARO's scope is expanded from airspace to all domains, including space, subsurface, and transmedium.p.1
- The action is dated July 15, 2022 and is filed under AARO Congressional and Press Products.p.1
Most interesting
- AARO's all-domain remit explicitly covers space, subsurface, and transmedium objects, not just airborne UAP.
- The office was stood up by a Deputy Secretary of Defense action in coordination with the DNI, rather than by a standalone statute.
- AARO supersedes AOIMSG, which itself had only been formalized in late 2021.