Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey is the Department of the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management (DAF PEO C3BM), Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. DAF PEO C3BM integrates the C3BM materiel enterprise within the department, aligning technical architecture and acquisition authorities to streamline the delivery of decision advantage capabilities via the DAF BATTLE NETWORK.
The DAF BATTLE NETWORK is the integrated system-of-systems connecting sensor, effector, and logistics systems providing better situational awareness, faster operational decisions, and decisive direction to the force. It integrates roughly 50 programs of record across the department, ensuring resilient decision and information advantage needed by the Air Force, Space Force, Joint, and Coalition forces to win against the pacing challenge. It is the DAF’s contribution to Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control.
Maj. Gen. Cropsey was commissioned through the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1995. He held key engineering, acquisition, and sustainment positions on Air Force conventional and nuclear weapon systems and National Reconnaissance Office space systems; served on the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff for systems engineering; and led at the squadron, group and wing levels as a Materiel Leader and Senior Materiel Leader. Maj. Gen. Cropsey's joint experience also includes three years at the European Command Plans and Operations Center in Stuttgart, Germany, where he served as a Space Operations Planner and Executive Officer to the Director of Operations.
Prior to assuming his current position, Maj. Gen. Cropsey was the Director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate, and Director of International Affairs, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Maj. Gen. Cropsey is a certified Level III Engineer, Level III Program Manager, and a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College Program Manager’s Course.
EDUCATION
1995 Bachelor of Science, Engineering Mechanics, Distinguished Graduate, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1996 Master of Science, Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
2001 Squadron Officer School, Distinguished Graduate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2005 Legislative Studies Program, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2005 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2006 Department of Defense Executive Leadership Development Program, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
2007 Air Force Lean Aerospace Initiative Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
2008 Master of Science, Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
2012 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2014 Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Distinguished Graduate and Antonelli Award Winner, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1995–August 1996, Student, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
2. September 1996–January 1999, Weapons Effects Engineer, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
3. February 1999–November 2001, Chief, Structural Engineering Concepts, U.S. Air Force Force Protection Battlelab, Lackland AFB, Texas
4. December 2001–February 2004, Chief, Systems Engineering Branch, Office of Research, Undersecretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
5. March 2004–August 2005, Legislative Liaison, Advanced Systems and Technology Portfolio, National Reconnaissance Office, Washington, D.C.
6. September 2005–August 2007, Chief, Strategic Integration Branch, 303rd Aeronautical Systems Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. September 2007–August 2008, Fellow, Air Force Lean Aerospace Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
8. September 2008–July 2011, Information Operations and Space Planner, and Executive Officer to the Director of Operations, U.S. European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
9. August 2011–July 2013, Materiel Leader, Pacific/SE Asia/Americas Branch, Air Force Security Assistance Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. August 2013–June 2014, Student, Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy (formerly the Industrial College of the Armed Forces), Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
11. June 2014–July 2016, Deputy for Systems Engineering Plans and Policy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering, Office of Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
12. July 2016–July 2017, Senior Materiel Leader, Direct Attack Division, Armament Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
13. July 2017–July 2018, Senior Materiel Leader, Advanced Programs Division, Armament Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
14. July 2018–May 2020, Senior Materiel Leader and Director, ICBM Directorate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill AFB, Utah
15. May 2020-June 2021, Senior Military Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
16. August 2021–September 2022, Director, Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and Director of International Affairs, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
17. September 2022–present, Program Executive Officer, Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 2008–July 2011, Information Operations and Space Planner, and Executive Officer to the Director of Operations, U.S. European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, as a lieutenant colonel
2. June 2014–July 2016, Deputy for Systems Engineering Plans and Policy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering, Office of Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Air Force Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
(Current as of August 2024)