Gregory Lancaster

Experience

1. Head of Department

   Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic

   May 2021 — Present · Charleston, SC, US

   Gregory W. Lancaster, as a Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM), serves as the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic Department Head for Fleet Command, Control, Communications, Computers, & Intelligence (C4I) and Readiness located in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Lancaster is responsible for providing leadership, management and engineering oversight for Command and Control, Communications, Computers, Networks, Information Assurance, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance programs and projects for the U.S. Navy. Mr. Lancaster ensures projects are executed to meet cost, schedule and performance requirements specified by the NAVWAR Program Executive Office for C4I systems and the Fleet Readiness Directorate. Mr. Lancaster’s responsibilities include systems design, engineering, systems integration, testing, production, implementation and life cycle engineering to include In-Service Engineering and direct fleet support. Mr. Lancaster leads a team of more than 1,600 engineers, scientists, logistics specialists, technical specialists and financial managers with an annual budget of about $1.3 billion within Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), which execute more than 130 projects yearly. The team of professionals he leads is responsible for the full acquisition life cycle from solution analysis, system development and engineering, production engineering, integrated logistics support, fielding and installation, sustainment and system disposal for surface ships, submarines, shore sites, mobile systems and air platforms. Major mission areas under his area of responsibility include: battlespace awareness, information assurance/cybersecurity, command and control, afloat network systems, and afloat transport systems.

Education

• The Citadel

  MBA, Buisness

  2006 — 2009

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Electrical Engineering