Col ken plaks biography
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By Cat Hofacker|March 2024
Ken Plaks, director of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office
Positions: Since June, director of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, one of the agency’s six program offices; (TTO aims to develop “revolutionary new platforms” for ground, sea, air and space).
2015-2020, manager of various DARPA programs in the Microsystems Technology Office, which develops next-generation components for electronic warfare and other applications. In 2014, retired from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel after 30 years; his last assignment was as director of special programs, where he advised the Air Force secretary and chief of staff about special access programs, including budgeting and research and development.
Notable: Ranked the top academic graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1989, after which he completed test pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base in California. At Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, he oversaw a team of Air Force