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Air Force

LaPlante To Be Air Force’s Top Acquisition Official, Donley Says

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

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William LaPlante will be the Air Force’s next principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition, service Secretary Michael Donley said yesterday. LaPlante is currently the missile defense portfolio director for the Mitre Corp. within the organization’s Defense Department-sponsored National Security Engineering Center. In this role, LaPlante leads the Mitre technical team, providing analytic and system engineering expertise across the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) ballistic missile defense system portfolio. LaPlante was previously the department head for global engagement at the Johns Hopkins…

Budget

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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