White House Picks Aldridge for Top DOD Acquisition Post

By Dan Dupont / March 7, 2001 at 5:00 AM
The president has picked Peter Aldridge, a former Air Force secretary, to serve as under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, the White House announced today. Aldridge, the chief executive officer of the Aerospace Corporation, was Air Force secretary during the last two years of the Reagan administration. He has also served as Air Force under secretary, the director of the National Reconnaissance Office and the director of planning and evaluation within the Office of the Secretary of...

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