The Defense Department yesterday announced the appointments of Paul Kaminski as chairman of the Defense Science Board for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2011, and retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles as vice chairman for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2010.
Kaminski is chairman and chief executive officer of Technovation Inc. as well as chairman of the RAND Corporation Board of Trustees. He served in DoD during the Clinton administration as under secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology from October 1994 to May 1997. He was awarded the National Medal of Technology in 2006.
Lyles is currently an independent consultant. He served as director of the Missile Defense Agency. from 1996-1999; as the 27th vice chief of staff of the Air Force from 1999 to 2000 and as commander of Air Force Materiel Command from April 2000 to August 2003.
Both sit on the board of General Dynamics [GD].
The Defense Science Board is DoD’s senior advisory body on scientific, technical, manufacturing, and other matters of special importance to the department.