Frank Kendall

Frank Kendall III is an American engineer, lawyer, and executive who has served in senior positions in the US Department of Defense and is the current nominee of President Joe Biden to return to the Department as Secretary of the Air Force. He is a West Point graduate and retired as a LTC from the US Army Reserves. From 2012 to 2017 he served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in the Obama administration. Kendall began his career as a US Army officer. After several assignments including postings to Germany and teaching engineering at West Point, he joined the civil service working as a systems engineer in missile defense. In 1986, he became the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Strategic Defense Systems as a member of the Senior Executive Service.