Edward R. Greer to speak at 2011 AEDC Fellows Banquet Published April 4, 2011 By Patrick Ary AEDC/PA ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. -- Edward R. Greer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E), will deliver the keynote address at the 2011 AEDC Fellows Banquet. The banquet will take place June 24 at the Arnold Lakeside Center. Greer was sworn in as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for DT&E in March 2010. He is responsible for developing and revising DT&E policy in support of the acquisition of major Department of Defense weapon systems. Prior to serving in his current position, Greer was the Deputy Assistant Commander for Test and Evaluation, Naval Air Systems Command and Executive Director, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Patuxent River, Md. As the senior civilian for Naval Aviation Test & Evaluation, Greer was responsible for planning, executing, analyzing and reporting of all Naval Aviation test and evaluation. As Executive Director of NAWCAD, his responsibilities included ensuring NAWCAD technical, business and financial objectives were met across a work force of 14,400 and a total operating budget of more than $4 billion. Established in 1989, the Fellows Program recognizes AEDC individuals who have made substantial and exceptionally distinguished technical contributions to the nation's aerospace ground testing capability at AEDC. Since the inception of the program, AEDC has bestowed the center's highest honor to a grand total of 67 individuals as Fellows, Lifetime Achievement Fellows and Honorary Fellows. Newly selected AEDC Fellows are honored annually on or about June 25, the birthday of General of the Air Force Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold.