Marlan Macklin, former chief of the communications and electronics division for the U.S. Mission to NATO, has been named deputy principal director for future G at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
He announced his new post Tuesday on LinkedIn and assumed the role after serving on a diplomatic assignment leading the USNATO division coordinating forums related to consultation, command and control capabilities and enabling technologies.
Before that, Macklin was lead for installations, acquisition and logistics and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment representative on the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 Task Force.
He previously oversaw the Pentagon’s armaments cooperation and acquisition activities with international partners in the Indo-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East as country programs manager at OUSD(A&S).
Macklin was also the regional desk officer for Asia Pacific and the Middle East for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation.
