Former NASA chief emerges as leading nominee for DOD innovation post

摘要

Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is the top candidate to be President Trump's nominee to serve as the Pentagon's under secretary of defense for research and engineering, according to multiple sources. Griffin, who was chief of NASA from April 2005 to January 2009 during the administration of President George W. Bush, most recently served as chairman and CEO of the Schafer Corporation until that company was acquired by Belcan LLC in May. Repeated attempts to contact Griffin were unsuccessful. Griffin's likely selection as the new USD R&E nominee, first reported by Defense News, comes as the Pentagon is realigning its acquisition system bureaucracy.