As Executive Vice President for Technical Operations, Mr. Smith has overall responsibility for
the company's advanced technology business. He directs and participates in analyses and studies
of low-observable (LO) and
counter-low-observables (CLO) technologies and their potential integration into advanced
platforms/vehicles to enhance combat effectiveness. He is responsible for overseeing the
development of improved techniques for measuring various signatures and identifying
methods for reducing or effectively managing those signatures. He has directed efforts to
achieve reduced signatures for combat platforms, including the gathering of measurement
data to validate both material and design performance involving significant technology
advances. Mr. Smith's prior work at SPC included assisting in the evaluation and
assessment of existing and programmed command, control, communications, electronic
warfare, and surveillance initiatives for the Navy. He also evaluated programs against new
requirements in a number of special areas, including antijam communications, low
probability of intercept, and decoys.
Prior to joining SPC, Mr. Smith was the senior analyst and study director at the Sante Fe
Corporation where he directed a study addressing the question of the characteristics of
future nuclear warfare and nuclear weapons for naval forces. The study findings were
compared with ongoing and planned programs to identify potential areas of development
incorporating technology advances.
As study director and head of the wargaming division for the Center for Naval Analyses,
Mr. Smith designed, conducted, analyzed, and reported the results of fleet wargames
involving AAW, ASW, and strike warfare for advanced naval vehicles (e.g., SESs, PHMs,
V/STOL aircraft).
Mr. Smith holds bachelor's and master's degrees in political science/public administration
from the University of Maryland.
