Welcome to Science and Technology (S&T) Program Protection
Our Mission:
Protect technology advantage and counter unwanted technology transfer to ensure warfighter dominance through assured, secure, and resilient systems and a healthy, viable national security innovation base
Our Leadership
Dr. Robert E. Irie, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for S&T Program Protection
Dr. Robert E. Irie is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology (S&T) Program Protection (S&T PP) in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). He serves as the Department lead for maintaining technology advantage through mitigating vulnerabilities and exploitation, and oversees program protection policy, software assurance, and anti-tamper practices. Dr. Irie's accomplishments include leading the interagency assessment of the defense electronics industrial base in response to Presidential Executive Order 13806, and rapid fielding of emerging capabilities for Special Operations Command. Dr. Irie received an S.B. in Engineering Science from Harvard College, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Vacant, Director, System Security
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Vacant, Director, Maintaining Technology Advantage
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