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| DARPA director stepping down. |
| 2019-12-20 |
| [SpaceNews] Steven Walker, the 21st director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, announced his resignation Dec. 17, a DARPA spokesman said. Walker’s resignation is effective January 10, 2020. Walker was appointed director of DARPA in November 2017 after serving as the deputy director of the agency from October 2012 to December 2016, and as acting director from January 2017 through October 2017. DARPA deputy director Peter Highnam will assume the role of acting director until a permanent director is appointed. Highnam, who came to DARPA in 2018, was the former director of research at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and a former director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). Prior to joining IARPA, he held senior positions in the Department of Health and Human Services and in private industry. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 This one is probably no big deal. DARPA directors (like program managers) are expected to rotate out after 3-4 years. January 2020 is exactly three years after he assumed the acting director role. |
| Posted by: Nero 2019-12-20 13:21 |
| #2 This guy seems to have been somewhat knowledgeable about what DARPA does before he came on the job. Usually the incoming directors at the government agencies are clueless. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-12-20 11:36 |
| #1 Revolving doors of the swamp. It may seem benign in this case, but its a bureaucratic game of musical chairs in which everyone knows the game but the rubes on the outside. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-12-20 03:25 |