Rodney Davis

Capability Program Executive, Aviation

U.S. Army

Mr. Rodney Davis currently serves as the Capability Program Executive,
Aviation.
Mr. Davis received his commission from the United States Military Academy in
1990 as an Aviation Officer. After completing the Aviation Officer Basic Course
and the U.S. Army Rotary Wing Aviator Course in 1991, he was assigned as the
Aero Weapons Platoon Leader in Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry,
10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York with service in Somalia. After
attending the Aviation Officer Advanced Course and Aviation Maintenance Officer Course from 1994 into 1995, he was assigned as the Company Commander for B Company, 1st Battalion (Attack), 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea. Upon completion of this tour, he was assigned as the Chief of the Material and Systems Management Branch, Aircraft Logistics Management Division, Directorate of Logistics, United States Army Aviation Center at Fort Rucker, AL. In 2001, he was assigned as a Contracting Officer for the Tulsa District United States Army Corps of Engineers, where he deployed to Kuwait as part of the Restore Iraqi Oil mission in 2003. In 2004, he was assigned as the Comanche Program Integrator for DCMA Boeing Philadelphia supporting the Comanche Termination and was deployed to Iraq as an Administrative Contracting Officer in support of the First Marine Expeditionary Force. Following his deployment, he was assigned to DCMA Huntsville where he led the Future Combat System team and deployed to Afghanistan as an Administrative Contracting Officer supporting the Combined Forces Command, Afghanistan headquarters in Kabul. Upon his return, Mr. Davis served as the Program Integrator for the UH-72A Lakota. In 2007, he was assigned to PM Cargo as the Assistant Product Manager for Product Improvement and Foreign Military Sales until his retirement in 2010. Upon his retirement, he was selected to become the Deputy Product Manager for Cargo Modernization and remained in that position until Jan 2017. He then served as Deputy Project Manager for the Cargo Helicopters Project Office until 2021 when he became Chief of Staff for PEO Aviation. He assumed responsibility as the Deputy PEO in 2022 and was selected to the Senior Executive Service in 2023. He served as Acting PEO from June 2023 to January 2024. In January of 2026 he was selected as the Capability Program Executive, Aviation.
Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the United States Military Academy and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia. He is also a graduate of the Command & General Staff College and is Advanced certified in Program Management and certified Professional in Contracting. He completed the Program Manager’s Course in 2012.

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