Dayton Aerospace, Inc. - Clay Appleton, GM-15, DAF (Ret)

Principal Areas of
Expertise

Systems Engineering

Requirements Development

Risk Management

Weapon System Integration

Radar Systems

Clay Appleton, GM-15, DAF (Ret)
Position: Senior Associate

Summary Qualifications

33 years of acquisition experience. Fighter Attack Systems Wing Director of Engineering; F-16 Technical Director; Systems Engineering Technical Director; Joint Strike Fighter Site Director and Director of Engineering; Technical factor lead for JSF source selection; Avionics Systems Engineering Advisor for F-22; chaired numerous Executive Independent Review Teams; integrated avionics engineer; radar engineer.

Key Positions

	Director of Engineering, Fighter Attack Systems Wing, Aeronautical Systems Center
	Director, F-35 Support Office Aeronautical Systems Center
	Technical Director, F-16 System Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center
	Systems Engineering Technical Director, ASC/EN

Education

	BS, Systems Engineering, Wright State University
	MS, Systems Engineering, Wright State University
	PME, Defense Leadership Management Program (DLAMP), National Defense University