The Department of Defense has appointed government program managers Stephen Recchia and Stephen Luckowski to new leadership roles to drive the future efforts of DOD’s Manufacturing Technology program, or ManTech.
The department said Wednesday Recchia succeeds Luckowski as program manager of the DOD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, or MIIs.
Meanwhile, Luckowski will take on the role of director of the Technology Transfer, Transition and Commercial Partnerships Office, or T3CP.
Stephen Recchia
In his new role, Recchia will manage nine department-led MIIs, provide strategic guidance and facilitate collaboration with the government, industry and academia to advance DOD’s manufacturing capabilities and portfolio of critical technologies.
The former engineer within the U.S. Army most recently served as a program manager within the Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Science and Technology Program.
The DOD MIIs seek to reinforce the country’s domestic manufacturing capability by advancing research and development, building up manufacturing systems and promoting education and workforce development.
Stephen Luckowski
As head of T3CP, the former MII program manager will leverage his experience in technology transition and public-private partnerships to drive innovation, develop commercialization pathways and transition capabilities to the warfighter.
Luckowski has over three decades of Army civilian service.
He previously served as a ManTech program manager for the Army and DOD, director of the Prototype Integration Facility at the Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey and chair of the metals processing and fabrication subpanel within the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel.
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