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Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 57-62

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... Air Force, he held a variety of engineering and systems acquisition, technical, and management positions with the Air Force, advancing to technical director, the senior civilian position at the Air Force Flight 57
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... Awani is director of advanced tactical laser transition at the Boeing Company. His expertise is in large-scale systems integration, engineering analysis, design and development, autonomous systems, directed-energy weapons systems, low-observables testing and evaluation, technology development and management, systems engineering and requirements development, platform integration, and program management.
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... He has served on numerous scientific and advisory committees and is currently a member of the NRC's Naval Studies Board and the NRC Standing Committee on Operational Science and Technology Options for Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices. Harry W
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... He also has a strong understanding of Special Operations needs and requirements based on his numerous interactions with that community in areas including unmanned air vehicles, advanced hybrid electric ground vehicles, sensor and detection systems, and sniper weapons. His prior position was as director of the Tactical Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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... . Prior to joining the NSB, she worked for the NRC's Air Force Studies Board and National Materials Advisory Board.
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... He also served as the company's director of external science and technology programs, with responsibility for developing and securing strategic technical partnerships with leading research universities, national laboratories, and federal agencies.
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