–
WASHINGTON – Mr. Peter Reddy has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers.
Reddy most recently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Engineering (DASN (RDT&E)), under the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN (RDA)). In that role, he was responsible for executive oversight of all matters related to RDT&E budget activities, science and engineering, advanced research and development, prototyping and experimentation, and test and evaluation. He was also responsible for management and stewardship of the Naval Research and Development Establishment (NR&DE), which includes naval laboratories and warfare centers, Office of Naval Research, Naval Postgraduate School, five University Affiliated Research Centers, and the Navy’s Federally Funded Research and Development Center.
Jason Potter, who is performing the duties of ASN (RDA), congratulated Reddy for assuming his critical new role at the NAVSEA Warfare Centers and called him a champion for the Department of the Navy engineering workforce, with an encyclopedic knowledge of the NR&DE and the intricacies of the Navy Working Capital Fund.
Reddy became a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) in November 2019 with his appointment as Executive Director of Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic, part of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), where he served until January 2025.
A seasoned aerospace and systems engineer, Reddy brings extensive technical and engineering leadership expertise, forged through a distinguished career as both a senior civilian executive and a commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served for 30 years before retiring from active duty in May 2014. He has a proven track record of managing a broad portfolio, including information systems technology; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR); and cyber systems.
In a message to the NAVSEA Warfare Centers’ workforce, Acting NAVSEA Executive Director Thomas A. Perotti noted, “Mr. Reddy’s leadership and vision will be instrumental as we continue to accelerate the delivery of decisive combat power for our Navy and our nation.”
The NAVSEA Warfare Centers are the Navy’s principal research, development, test and evaluation assessment activity for surface ship and submarine systems and subsystems and supply the technical operations, people, technology, engineering services and products needed to equip and support the fleet and meet the warfighters’ needs. The Warfare Centers comprise 10 divisions: Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock, NSWC Corona, NSWC Crane, NSWC Dahlgren, NSWC Indian Head, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Keyport, NUWC Newport, NSWC Panama City, NSWC Philadelphia, and NSWC Port Hueneme.