Dr. Don Reago
Executive Director of Research & Technology Integration Directorate, C5ISR
U.S. Army
Dr. Donald A. Reago, Jr. was selected for the Senior Executive Service in May 2014 and is the
Director of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center, Research and Technology Integration (RTI)
Directorate, under the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM). In
this capacity he is responsible for planning and executing the Army’s science and technology
(S&T) investments in C5ISR technologies to include Electro-Optic Components and Image
Processing Technologies, Aviation and Electronic Warfare Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance,
Reconnaissance and Countermine (CM)/Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices(C-IED) Sensors
and Signal Processing. He is responsible for the technical direction of a S&T program with a
$300M annual budget, a staff of approximately 800, and a technical scope comprising in-house
research, contract research and development, and support to various Program Executive Offices
(PEOs) and Program Managers (PMs) across the Army and Joint Service acquisition communities.
He is an internationally recognized authority in Night Vision, Countermine and Sensor
technologies, and has served on numerous Joint, National, and International coordinating activities.
He is currently the Chairman of the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Sensors and Processing
Community of Interest, and the Army representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) Sensors and Electronics Technology (SET) panel. He is a fellow and member of the
Executive Committee for the Military Sensing Symposium (MSS). He remains active in applied
research in EO/IR technology, and is a co-author of Analysis and Evaluation of Sampled Imaging
Systems.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
• Apr 2021 - Present: Director, Research and Technology Integration Directorate, C5ISR
Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Oct 2020 - Apr 2021: Acting Director, C5ISR Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Jul 2017 - Oct 2020: Director, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, C5ISR
Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Apr 2017 - Jul 2017: Acting Director, C5ISR Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland
• May 2014 - Apr 2017: Director, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, C5ISR
Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Mar 2013 - May 2014: Acting Director, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors
Directorate, C5ISR Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command,
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Apr 2002 - Mar 2013: Principal Deputy for Technology and Countermine, Night Vision
and Electronic Sensors Directorate, C5ISR Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Apr 1998 - Apr 2002: Director, Science and Technology Division, Night Vision and
Electronic Sensors Directorate, C5ISR Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Sep 1996 - Apr 1998: Director, Airborne Systems Division, Night Vision and Electronic
Sensors Directorate, C5ISR Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development
Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Jul 1990 - Sep 1996: Chief, Automations Applications Branch, Night Vision and
Electronic Sensors Directorate, C5ISR Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Apr 1987 - Jul 1990: Scientist/Project Leader, Airborne Applications Team, Night
Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, C5ISR Center, U.S. Army Combat
Capabilities Development Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
COLLEGE:
• PhD, Physics, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla MO, 1986
• BS, Physics, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla MO, 1983
CERTIFICATIONS:
• Acquisition Level III Certified in Systems Engineering
• Acquisition Level III Certified in Program Management
• Acquisition Level II Certified in Programs Systems Engineering
• Member, Army Acquisition Corps
AWARDS AND HONORS:
• DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award, 2023
• U.S. Army Futures Command, Distinguished Member of the Workforce, 2023
• Army Superior Unit Award, 2009
• CERDEC Employee of the Year (Senior Management), 2007
• Certificate of Achievement, 2001
• Army Superior Unit Award, 2000
• Certificate of Achievement, 2000
• Certificate of Achievement, 2000
• Best Paper, Army Science Conference, 1996
• Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, 1996
• NVESD Employee of the Year Award for Technical Excellence, 1992
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
• Military Sensing Symposium
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