Office of Naval Material

In January 1942, the Director of Material and Procurement was appointed to coordinate all material procurement activities of the US Navy. The office would be supervised by the War Production Board until late 1945.

In 1948, the office title was changed to Chief of Division of Material, and in 1984 to Chief of the Office of Naval Material. In 1983, the title was changed to Naval Material Command. On 6 May 1985, the SECNAV secretary John Lehman disestablished the Command. Acquisition functions were passed onto the following Commands: Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, and the Strategic Systems Program Office. The Office of Naval Acquisition Support was established to create acquisition support for functions that span across Commands, and that require a degree of independence in their operations.

In 2009, the Information Warfare Community, originally known as the Information Dominance Corps, was created within the U.S. Navy to more effectively and collaboratively lead and manage officers, enlisted, and civilian professionals who possess extensive skills in information-intensive related fields.

Since 2014, the office of Naval Material Naval and Information Warfare Community has been housed within the U.S. Navy Information Forces (NAVIFOR). NAVIFOR was originally established on Oct. 1, 2014, as Information Dominance Forces Command. NAVIFOR is the global readiness-focused type command responsible for organizing, manning, training and equipping, and identifying requirements for all information warfare (IW) capabilities.