| Brian Hughes
Project Manager
TACOMS Post 2000 International Project Office
Mr. Hughes is the U.S. Project Manager (PM) for the Tactical Area Communications System (TACOMS) Post 2000 International Project Office (IPO). Mr. Hughes also supports the U.S. Mission to NATO HQ in Brussels, Belgium and in that role has also participated in the NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC) Feasibility Study Steering Group and has served as the U.S. Representative to the NATO Identification Systems Coordination Office (NISCO). As PM to the TP2K IPO Mr. Hughes is responsible for overseeing completion of the TACOMS Standardization Agreements (STANAGs) including refinements to the security architecture and addition of a phased implementation strategy. Additional responsibilities include development of a new Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) and Scope of Work (SOW) for a continuation phase that will be used to support implementation of TACOMS within national systems and evolve the TACOMS STANAGs by expanding capabilitiies and incorporating new technologies.
Prior assignments included Advanced Concepts Manager for the U.S. Army Project Manager for Combat Identification, Deputy of the Combat Identification Systems Project Office of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and Electronics Engineer at the Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters.
Mr. Hughes holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware, a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the George Washington University, a Masters of Strategic Studies from the Army War College and has completed the Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence Staff and Operations Course (JC4ISOC) of the U.S. Joint Forces Staff College. He is married to Edith Poell Hughes and has two children – Nyah and Dylan.
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