RADM (Retired) Kenneth D. Slaght
President and General Manager, Maritime Systems Sector of General Dynamics Information Technology
RADM (Retired) Kenneth D. Slaght is the Vice President and General Manager, Maritime Systems Sector of General Dynamics Information Technology. In this role, he is responsible for three business areas: Integrated Systems, Afloat Systems and Ashore Systems in support of the U.S. Navy.
Previously, Kenneth served as Commander of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. He was responsible for providing information technology and space systems for today’s naval and joint services. Additionally, he was the chief engineer for developing, delivering and maintaining effective, capable and integrated command, control, communications, computer and intelligence systems (C4I). He was also responsible for engineering and assessing FORCEnet, the foundation of the Seapower 21 vision. During his naval career, Kenneth served as Commander of the ammunition ship USS FLINT (AE 32).
Other sea duty included tours as Executive Officer aboard the guided missile cruiser USS GRIDLEY (CG 21), Engineer Officer aboard the amphibious ship USS TULARE (LKA 112), Operations Officer aboard the frigate USS EDWARD MCDONNELL (FF 1043), and Combat Information Center Officer aboard the frigate USS GARCIA (FF 1040).
He received his commission in 1970 upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy. Kenneth attended the Defense Systems Management College, Naval Destroyer School and Naval Post Graduate School, where he received a master’s degree in Computer Systems Management.