Amanda Gentry, a 23-year leadership and engineering veteran, has been selected as the inaugural director of the Integrated Development Office at the Air Force Materiel Command. The appointment was announced on Dec. 2.
According to the AFMC, Gentry will spearhead the newly established office’s daily operations and lead a team of around 200 personnel. She will report directly to the AFMC Commander, Gen. Duke Richardson, who will serve as the IDO’s capability development executive officer, or CDEO.
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Amanda Gentry’s Career
Gentry most recently served as director of the Sensors Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory. In her over three years at the directorate, she managed a team of 1,200 personnel responsible for enhancing the intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, precision engagement and electronic warfare systems of the Air, Space and Cyber forces.
The IDO director previously served as senior systems engineer and director of engineering at the Air Force’s Office for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. She was also the team lead of F-35 Science and Technology at the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office and served in various engineering-related roles during her initial stint with the AFRL.
Integrated Development Office
The IDO, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is positioned to partner with the Integrated Capabilities Command in accelerating capability development through the Air Force’s great power competition re-optimization efforts. The IDO supervises the acquisition portion of capability development while the ICC spearheads the modernization prioritization efforts. The IDO also serves as the program office and execution arm of the CDEO.
“If you look at all the Air Force re-optimization decisions, I believe the creation of the ICC and the IDO are the most consequential,” said Richardson.
