Peter Reddy, the Atlantic executive director at the Naval Information Warfare Center, or NIWC, has been selected as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, test and engineering, or RDT&E.
DASN RDT&E Duties
The Department of the Navy said Monday Reddy will leverage his extensive technical and engineering leadership experience in his new role, which he will assume in early 2025. He is knowledgeable in IT program management and oversight and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C4ISR.
As the DASN RDT&E, Reddy will manage over 70,000 personnel tasked with the adoption and integration of advanced naval capabilities. He will serve as the principal advisor and policy coordinator for the ASN for research, development and acquisition. Reddy will advise on naval science, technology, advanced research and development, system prototyping, testing and programmatic evaluation and management of naval science and engineering.
Peter Reddy’s Career Highlights
The seasoned aerospace and systems engineer has around three decades of experience as a U.S. Marine Corps commissioned officer and senior civilian executive. Before joining NIWC, Reddy served as deputy executive director of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic. He briefly worked for SRA International as a senior strategist after spending years with the Marine Corps Systems Command.
