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Griffin, Porter Stepping Down As Pentagon’s Top Technology Officials

Griffin, Porter Stepping Down As Pentagon’s Top Technology Officials
Michael D. Griffin, under secretary of Defense Research and Engineering, speaks during a 2018 Engineers Week event at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Feb. 21, 2018. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

The Pentagon’s top two technology officials are stepping down from their positions effective July 10, a defense official confirmed to Defense Daily on Tuesday. Mike Griffin, the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for research and engineering, is resigning along with Lisa Porter, his deputy under secretary. Since taking on the under secretary role in 2018, Griffin has led the department’s hypersonic weapons effort and has overseen major directed energy and space-based programs.  Griffin was previously the NASA administrator from 2005…

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