David Duma set to speak at AEDC Fellows Banquet Published May 9, 2016 By Raquel March AEDC/PA ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- The 2016 AEDC Fellows Banquet will be at the Arnold Lakeside Center on June 24 at 5:30 p.m. where David Duma, the principal deputy director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) Department of Defense, will be the speaker. The event is an opportunity to recognize AEDC individuals, past and present, who have made exceptional, substantial contributions to the nation's aerospace ground testing capability at the Complex. Duma assumed his position in January 2002. Prior to returning to government service, he worked in private industry managing a variety of projects involving test and evaluation; requirements generation; command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; modeling and simulation; and software development. He was acting director, Operational Test and Evaluation from February 2005 to July 2007. Duma completed 30 years of naval service which included serving as the acting deputy director for Conventional Systems in The Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation and the director of Test and Evaluation Warfare Systems for the Chief of Naval Operations. His naval career also included service as the deputy commander, Submarine Squadron TEN and commanding officer of the nuclear powered submarine USS SCAMP (SSN 588). He is a member of the International Test and Evaluation Association and the National Defense Industrial Association. Since the inception of the Fellow program, AEDC has bestowed the complex's highest honor to a total of 87 individuals. The categories for AEDC Fellow include Fellow, Craftsmen Fellow, Lifetime Achievement Fellow and Honorary Fellow. The AEDC Fellows Banquet is open to the public. For more information, call the Air Force Test Center, AEDC Chief Technologist office at (931) 454-6505. -AEDC-