Mr. Dave Gaddis Director, Aircraft Life Cycle Sustainment Engineering L3 Technologies Aerospace Systems Dave Gaddis is the Director of Aircraft Life Cycle Sustainment Engineering for L3 Technologies Aerospace Systems, a world-class systems integration organization with 60 years’ experience in developing complex intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; command and control systems; and secure communications. Located in Greenville, Texas, L3 Aerospace Systems is an industry leader in missionization, modernization, and maintenance of aircraft and ground systems. As Director, Dave leads the Proprietary and RC-135 Sustainment Engineering groups. Sustainment Engineering is an industry- unique organization, providing real-time, 24/7/365, cradle-to- grave, life-cycle sustainment engineering and support solutions to multiple platforms around the world. The team includes more than 85 Engineers and Technologists across a wide range of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Electrical disciplines. The team also ranges in experience from 45+ years to new university graduates, providing superior performance in aircraft major structural, electrical, and systems repair/replacement and fleet sustainment engineering to each of Aerospace Systems’ valued customers. Dave entered the US Air Force in 1974, serving eight years active duty as an aircraft mechanic on SR-71, U-2, T-38, F-4, and KC-135 aircraft. He then graduated with a BS in Aerospace Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington in 1989, and then further obtained his FAA Airframe and Powerplant License. Dave joined E-Systems (later to become L3) Greenville, TX, in 1992, where he immediately began providing engineering leadership on several major structural maintenance and restoration efforts across multiple aircraft types, including RC-135, MC-12, and P-3 platforms. To bolster implementation of Air Force Customers’ Aircraft Availability Improvement Program (AAIP), and to enhance emphasis on continuing airworthiness of aging platforms, in 2007 L3 created the Aircraft Life Cycle Sustainment Engineering organization, with Dave leading the development and implementation of that enterprise. Dave is married, with three adult children and six grandchildren. He is also an accomplished woodworker and pencil sketch artist..