Brig. Gen. Joshua P. Williams is the Department of the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. DAF PAE 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 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.
Brig. Gen. Williams earned his commission as a graduate of the University of Utah’s AFROTC program. He completed his senior development education at the Eisenhower School of Strategy and Resourcing and was the Materiel Leader, Air Force Distributed Common Ground System, and the Senior Materiel Leader, Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Directorate, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Utah. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Troy University, Troy, Alabama, and two master of science degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Eisenhower School, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Prior to his current role, Brig. Gen. Williams was the Program Executive Officer, then PAE, for the Cyber and Networks Directorate at Hanscom AFB, Mass. He also served as the PEO for the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces Directorate, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Additionally, he has served as a project manager in the Joint Expeditionary Force Exercise, Global Command and Control Air Force, Mobile Consolidated Command Center, Global Sensor Integrated Network, and the F-22 (Increment 3.2A/B) program offices.
EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Science, Finance and Information Systems, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
2002 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2007 Missile Correlation Center Crew Operations, Schriever SFB, Colo.
2007 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Master of Business Administration, Troy University, Troy, Ala.
2011 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2015 Master of Science, Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
2018 Master of Science, National Strategy and Resourcing, Eisenhower School, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 2002–January 2003, Assistant Regional Director of Admissions, West Region, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
2. January 2003–August 2004, Joint Expeditionary Force Exercise Project Officer, Command and Control Enterprise Integration Officer, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.
3. August 2004–July 2005, Chief, Global Command and Control AF Security Branch, Global Information Grid Systems Group, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
4. July 2005–January 2006, Chief, Global Command and Control Integration and Baseline Management Branch, Global Information Grid Systems Group, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
5. January 2006–December 2006, Deputy Program Manager, Mobile Consolidated Command Center, 850th Electronic Systems Group, Peterson Space Force Base, Colo.
6. December 2006–December 2007, Deputy Program Manager, Distributed Command and Control Node, 850th Electronic Systems Group, Peterson SFB, Colo.
7. December 2007–January 2010, Chief, Combatant Command Initiative Branch, 850th Electronic Systems Group, Peterson SFB, Colo.
8. January 2010–May 2012, F-22 Modernization Program Manager, F-22 Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. May 2012–June 2013, Deputy Chief, Senior Leader Management, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. June 2013–February 2015, Air Force Fellow, Lean Aerospace Initiative, System Design and Management Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
11. February 2015–June 2017, Materiel Leader, Air Force Distributed Common Ground System, Command, Command, Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division, Robins AFB, Ga.
12. June 2017–July 2018, Student, Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Va.
13. July 2018–July 2019, Chief, Command and Control Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.
14. July 2019–August 2022, Senior Materiel Leader, Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division, Peterson SFB, Colo.
15. August 2022–August 2025, Program Executive Officer, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
16. September 2025–July 2026, Program Executive Officer, then Portfolio Acquisition Executive, for Cyber and Networks, AFLCMC, AFMC, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
17. July 2026–present, Department of the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Command, Control, Communications for Battle Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
ACQUISTION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CERTIFICATIONS
Program Management Level III, 2012
Program Management Level II, 2007
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2001 Distinguished Graduate, Reserve Officer Training Corps
2007 Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School
(Current as of August 2026)