Speakers

Eliahu (Eli) H. Niewood is the Director of the Integrated Capabilities Office in the Department of the Air Force.  In this role, he supports the development of integrated moderinziation plans for the Air Force and Space Force.  He is responsible for facilitating the efforts of Integrated Development Campaign teams to provide data driven solutions to imperative operational problems.  ICO will work with Integrated Capabilities Command and Space Futures Command to optimize capability development and modernization across the Department.

Previously, Niewood served as vice president, Air and Space Forces, in MITRE’s National Security (MNS) Sector. Niewood set strategy and priorities to ensure MITRE delivered technical capabilities to meet the Air Force and Space Force’s most critical mission objectives and priority efforts. These included needs in space warfighting, air operations, nuclear enterprise modernization, cyber operations and multi-domain operations.

He previously was vice president, Cross-cutting and Intelligence, leading MITRE’s efforts to identify national security problems that require joint and multi-agency solutions and to shape MITRE’s and the nation’s response to those problems. He also led MITRE in applying systems engineering, technology expertise, and innovation to help the intelligence and federal law enforcement communities leverage cutting-edge technology for mission success, integrate across agencies, and operate effectively in a dynamic environment. He joined MITRE in 2017, bringing rich experience in systems analysis and tactical system technologies.

Previously, Niewood was a technical adviser to the director of the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. He also served as head of the Engineering Division at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he oversaw mechanical, aerospace, and control systems engineers building space payloads and aircraft sensor systems. From 2011 to 2014, Niewood chaired the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, a Federal Advisory Committee of 50 national experts in science and technology fields. He was a member of the Defense Science Board Task Force on unexploded ordnance.

Niewood holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.