Frank Carlucci Frank Carlucci Frank Charles Carlucci III (October 18, 1930 – June 3, 2018) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989 in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Carlucci served in a variety of senior-level governmental positions, including Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Richard Nixon administration, Deputy Director of the CIA in the Jimmy Carter administration, and Deputy Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor in the Reagan administration. Carlucci was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Roxanne (née Bacon) and Frank Charles Carlucci,
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 5134.1 in February 1987. As part of this act, the position of "Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering" (USD(R&E)) was redesignated as the "Director of Defense Research and Engineering" (DDR&E), a lower-ranking position which reported to the new USD(A). The title of USD(A) was changed to "Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology" (USD(A&T)) by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, and the position was later redesignated as the "Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics" (USD(AT&L)) by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000. The USD(AT&L) served as the