Gil Klinger

Gil Klinger is a Vice President and Senior Executive Account Manager for National Security Future Architectures at the Harris Corporation. He recently retired from the United States Government after a career of almost 31 years, during which he served as a Senior Executive in leadership positions across the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and on the National Security Council (NSC) Staff. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic, Space and Intelligence, he was responsible for acquisition oversight of all space and intelligence programs executed by the Department of Defense (DoD). He was also responsible for oversight and coordination with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for the majority of acquisition programs executed within the National Intelligence Program. During his tenure, Mr. Klinger’s portfolio expanded to include strategic nuclear delivery platforms, various Unmanned Air Vehicles, Long Range Conventional Strike capabilities, several Missile Defense systems, and management of DoD’s arms control treaty compliance office.