BREAKING: Mike Griffin, the Pentagon's top technology officer, and his deputy Lisa Porter, will step down next month, according to a Defense Department official. https://t.co/oISlbBsvhy — Inside Defense (@insidedefense) June 23, 2020 Mike Griffin Departing DOD, SpacePolicyOnline “In a joint email to colleagues today, Griffin and Porter said they were taking advantage of an opportunity in the private sector and will leave DOD on July 10. ‘As has been our […]

Leader of ‘Darpa for Spies’ Steps Down, WIred “Porter started her government career as a Darpa program manager, before becoming the head of NASA’s aeronautics division. Bringing that Darpa-esque spirit to the intelligence world wasn’t always easy. Not long after Iarpa was cobbled together from research groups within the National Security Agency, the CIA, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Porter faced an exodus of talent. The old guard just wasn’t […]