Gregg Costabile, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Engineering for the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office in Arlington, Virginia.  The JSF Program Office is the Department Defense’s agency responsible for the development, production, and sustainment of the F-35A/B/C Lightning II, the next-generation strike aircraft for the Air Force, Marines, Navy, and partner nations.  Mr. Costabile is responsible for sound systems engineering processes and product integrity of all aspects of DoD’s largest acquisition program.  The F-35 Lightning II is postured to deliver dominate global strike capabilities to U.S. warfighters, partner nations, and foreign customers well into the future. 

Mr. Costabile entered civil service in November 1985 and was assigned to the Armament Development Test Center, 3246th Test Wing, Compatibility Branch, Eglin AFB, Florida.  His initial focus was on weapons compatibility testing with F-4, F-15, F-16, F-111, A-7, and A-10 aircraft, as well as the development and implementation of test range instrumentation systems.  He later served as Lead Test and Aircraft Integration Engineer in the 46th Test Wing for a variety of aircraft / weapon programs that included the Joint Direct Attack Munition and Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile.  His level of responsibilities expanded as he entered into the chief engineer role for the Small Diameter Bomb Program and later, the Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile.  He then broadened his leadership perspectives as an Executive Officer for the Air Armament Center leadership.

In 2006, Mr. Costabile was selected as the Director of Engineering for the Air Dominance Division that included the development, production, and sustainment of the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile fleet, the HARM Targeting System, the AIM-9X, and the HARM Control Section Modification system.

EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville
1993 Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville
2006 Air War College, by correspondence

CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. November 1985 – April 1987, Test Engineer, 3246th Test Wing, Aircraft Compatibility Division, Eglin AFB, Fla.
2. April 1987 – August 1992, Test Program Manager, Special Projects, 3246th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
3. August 1992 – August 1993, Student, long-term, full-time training, University of Florida extension, Eglin AFB, Fla.
4. August 1993 – September 1995, Test Program Integrated Product Team Leader, AFMC/CC HIGH GEAR, 46th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla
5. September 1995 – June 1996, Test Programming Engineer, 39th Flight Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
6. June 1996 – February 1998, Test and Aircraft Integration Facilitator, Boeing Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile team, Eglin AFB, Fla.
7. February 1998 – January 2002, Chief, Test and Aircraft Integration, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, Eglin AFB, Fla.
8. January 2002 – January 2003, Source Selection Chairperson, Chief Engineer, Small Diameter Bomb, Eglin AFB, Fla.
9. January 2003 – January 2005, Chief Engineer, Counter Air Joint Systems Program Office, Eglin AFB, Fla.
10. January 2005 – April 2006, Executive Officer, Deputy PEO for Weapons and Executive Director, Eglin AFB, Fla.
11. April 2006 – March 2014, Director of Engineering, Air Dominance Division, Eglin AFB, Fla.
12. March 2014 – present, Director of Engineering, Joint Strike Fighter Program Office, Arlington, Va.

AWARDS AND HONORS
1995 Air Force Civilian Tester of the Year
1995 Meritorious Civilian Service
2001 Exceptional Civilian Service, Secretary of the Air Force
2003 Chief Engineer of the Year, Air Armament Center