Dr. Tucker Swindell
Acting Assistant Director, Network & Communications US ARMY DEVCOM C5ISR Center
U.S. Army
In March 2025, Dr. Swindell was selected to be the Acting Assistant Director for the Network and Communications Portfolio within the DEVCOM C5ISR Center, Engineering & Systems Integration Directorate. The Portfolio leads the Army’s Science and Technology Resilient Army Communications ensuring Information Dominance on the Digital Battlefield across SATCOM, Cyber Security, Terrestrial Communications, and Networking and Lifecycle Software Engineering in support of both CONUS and OCONUS operations.
Dr. Swindell provides strategic program planning guidance with a focus on enhancing commercial and academic partnerships in concert with DoD investments to realize near-term and far-reaching goals. Additionally, Dr. Swindell guides a workforce of more than 800 personnel who focus on state-of-the art advances across the various stages of the life cycle model to transition and sustain commercial and government solutions to insure networking and communications dominance on the battlefield.
In his official role, Dr. Swindell served as Chief of the Terrestrial Communications Division within the DEVCOM C5ISR Center, Engineering & Systems Integration Directorate. The Terrestrial Communications Division leads the Army’s S&T investments in ground and air communications systems in support of both CONUS and OCONUS operations. Before this assignment Dr. Swindell served as chief of the Airborne Radar Branch which is the Army’s S&T RSTA/ISR Radar focal point in support of both CONUS and OCONUS operations. Dr. Swindell planned and directed research/development programs supporting airborne Radar technology.
Dr. Swindell was responsible for developing battlefield and airborne Radar equipment, which enables detection, classification, tracking while assessing customer needs, coordinating technical requirements, and supporting various S&T and R&D organizations across the Army’s Radar RSTA/ISR portfolio. Dr. Swindell has also held various positions within both the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate and Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity serving as and the ISR Subject Matter (Radar, SIGINT, EO/IR, MASINT, GEOINT). Dr. Swindell joined the Civil Service in 2011.
Dr. Swindell holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Physics from North Carolina State University – Raleigh NC, a Master of Science Degree in Applied Physics from A&T State University – Greensboro NC, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the University of Georgia – Athens GA.
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