Dick Rumpf
Senior Advisor
As President of Rumpf Associates International since 1990, Mr. Rumpf has provided
technical, programmatic, management services, and due diligence analysis to a litany
of commercial and government clients. He has had a career-
Mr. Rumpf has served as a Trustee and a Member of the Board of the Association
of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) for over twelve years; and is Chairman
Emeritus of the Precision Strike Association (PSA). He serves as a Member of the
Board of Directors of Temeku Technologies and from 2001-
Mr. Rumpf currently supports the Navy’s initiative to leverage DOE Modeling
and Simulation advancements to identify an alternative to the Navy’s Full Ship Shock
Test and recently served as the Senior Advisor to the PEO LCS on the development
of a Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle System (LDUUV). He has facilitated
the formation of an Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology Consortium (UMSTC) which
involves academia, not-
From April to December 1987 and from May 1989 to March 1990, Mr. Rumpf served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering and Systems. Mr. Rumpf joined the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering, and Systems) in March 1978 as the Staff Engineer for Missile Systems. In November 1981 he became the Acting Director for Air Programs, and served as Director for Air Programs from March 1982 to June 1985. In June 1985, he assumed the position of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, with responsibilities covering the complete range of Navy and Marine Corps weapons systems development. In 1984/85 at the request of the Secretary of the Navy, he facilitated the establishment of the DON first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (PIONEER) Program and established the first Joint UAV Program Office. He played a key role as representative of the Secretary with Congressional staff and members, other services and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).
