AEGIS BMD Leaders

Capturing some of the heroes that made AEGIS BMD & SM-3 a success.

Work in progress, there is not easy way to dig this up, so if you are left out, do not complain, contact us with information to complete the story.
This is the people page, see also the technical & programmatic page.

IDO Working Party

List of key folks working the project as of Oct 2004

Senior Advisory Team

Working toward IDO, the SAT was an indispensable asset. While they provided “advice” – on many occasions they rolled up sleeves and joined the working party to some particular aspect of the program on track, or they were remote eyes on an effort for program leadership. They became “guilty” in the solution.

RADM W. E. Meyer
RADM George Meinig
Joe Threston
Jim Whalen
Milt Silvera
CAPT Fritz Wendt

Later SAT members included ….

AEGIS BMD Pathfinders

The AEGIS BMD Pathfinder Award honors the contributions made to the nation’s defense by persons instrumental in the acquisition or operationalization of naval ballistic missile defense systems

2023 – Joe Mulé
2022 – Mark Landis
2021 –
2020 –
2019 –
2018 – Eric Evans
2017 – CAPT Robert Wilson
2016 – Dr Tony Desimone, Dr. Eric Hedlund
2015 – CAPT Al Grecco, USN (ret), Mr. Edward Miyashiro
2014 – Dr. Emmett Maddry, Mr. Fred Luckau, USS Lake Erie
2013 – Don Mitchell, CAPT Bill Doud
2012 – RADM Brad Hicks, RADM George Meinig
2011 – RADM W. E. Meyer, RADM K. K. Paige
2010 – Ambassador H. F. Cooper, Scott Perry
2009 – RADM D. M. Altwegg, Rick Constantine
2008 – VADM J. D. Williams, CAPT Mac Grant
2007 – VADM Rod Rempt

see also – Anti-Pathfinder List – those that caused the most “trouble” for the project (coming soon)

Program Executive Officers

RADM J. T. Mitchell, SSP
RADM J. T. Hood, PEO TAD
RADM R. P. Rempt, PEO TAD
RADM George Huchting, PEO TSC
RADM Bill Cobb, PEO TSC
RADM K. K. Paige, PD ABMD
RADM Brad Hicks, PD ABMD
RADM Joe Horn, PE ABMD
Ms. Laura Desmone, PE ABMD
RDML Johnnie Wolf, PE ABMD
RDML Tom Druggan, PE ABMD
Paul Mann, PE ABMD

Leap Project

CDR K. Waterson, Terrier Leap Project Officer
Michael Dickey, BMDO LEAP Deputy PM

AEGIS LEAP Intercept

Craig Hodan, Combat Systems Lead
Anant Patel, SM-3 Lead
LCDR Brian Gannon, Test

Program Managers

CAPT Jerry Nittle, TAD-B
CAPT Jim Barron, TAD-B
CAPT A. J. Cetel, NTW Project Officer
CAPT P. M. Grant, PMS 452
CAPT A. J. Grecco, ABMD TD, MPM
CAPT Jon Hill, ABMD TD, MPM
CAPT Mike Anderson, ABMD TD, MPM

CAPT O. H. Perry, III, PMS 451
CAPT J Lacamera, PMS 451
CAPT Arch Macy, PMS 451 (believe he did the shut down after cancellation)

Robert Shevock, Advanced Discrimination PM (BMD 4 and SM-3 Blk IB)
CDR J Garcia, Advanced Discrimination PM

CAPT Thomas Heatter, SCD PM (5.1 and SM-3 Blk IIA)

CAPT Lancaster, SBT PM
Stephanie Poessehl, SBT PM
…

CAPT Jeff Weston, AEGIS Ashore PM

Angie Beach, AEGIS Weapons System PM
CAPT John Lowery, AEGIS Weapons System PM
CAPT Thomas Dickinson, AEGIS Weapons System PM
CAPT Joel Uzarski, AEGIS Weapons System PM
…

CAPT Thomas Heatter, Missile PM
CAPT Brian Durant, Missle PM
…

Rich Matlock, Japan Cooperative Research Project
CAPT J. K. Hiser, JCR Project
Tom Kuntz, JCR Project
….

Lockheed

Nick Bucci
Jean Carew, HRR testbed
Jimmy Carter
Tony DeSimone
Jim Gillespie, Program Manager
Glenn Reitenger
Dr Stetson
Mission Planner Jackie
Brendan Scanlon

SMCo

Steven Pipher
Frank Powell, SM-3 Program Manager

Raytheon

Ed Miyashiro

Rosemary Badian
Phil Poehlman
Gary
Wes Kremer
Mitch Stevison
Amy Cohen
Roy Donelson
Randy Kempton

Frankly Fred Luckau
Troy Goertz

Mike Mathis

JHU / APL

Harry Hurt
William Mehlman
Robert Professor Reichert
Gary Sullins
Rick Constantine

MIT / LL

Eric Evans
Steve Davison

ATK

Bart Olson
Bob Gleeson

Aerojet

GMD

Dr. John Ruddy