{"id":60442,"date":"2019-03-08T21:59:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T21:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/08\/air-force-names-official-to-new-chief-architect-position\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:31:18","slug":"air-force-names-official-to-new-chief-architect-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2019\/03\/08\/air-force-names-official-to-new-chief-architect-position\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force names official to new \u2018chief architect\u2019 position"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/07\/24\/jstars-recap-is-officially-dead\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Air Force\u2019s first \u201cchief architect\u201d<\/a> began work at the Pentagon this week, the service confirmed in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preston Dunlap, formerly the national security analysis executive at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2018\/02\/10\/air-force-to-kill-jstars-recap-program-for-new-battlefield-management-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\">chief architect for the office of the Air Force\u2019s assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Air Force becomes increasingly interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/02\/22\/heres-what-we-know-about-the-air-forces-alternative-to-the-jstars-recap\/\" target=_blank>\u201csystems of systems,\u201d <\/a>where multiple technologies and platforms are wrapped together to accomplish a single mission, the service wanted to name a single person to oversee those programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first program for which Dunlap will be responsible is the Advanced Battle Management System, a series of legacy and new manned and unmanned aircraft, sensors, communications equipment, and other emerging tech that will conduct the ground surveillance mission currently performed by the E-8C JSTARS aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2019\/02\/06\/the-air-forces-jstars-alternative-has-a-new-architect-wait-whats-an-architect\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3733465.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Air Force\u2019s JSTARS alternative has a new architect. Wait, what\u2019s an architect?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Prototyping efforts for the uber complicated program could begin as early as this summer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Air Force\u2019s statement makes it clear that Dunlap\u2019s responsibilities could extend past that program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The position was created \u201cto enable the development of enterprise-wide combat capability through families of systems. 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