Relevance to Artificial Telepathy: Artificial Telepathy may be defined as a "Non-Lethal Weapon Program" and the Air Force Research Laboratory appears to be one of the premiere labs serving the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program at the U.S. Department of Defense. As stated in Ms. Thornton's biography, below, the AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate serves the entire DoD community, and it specializes in the research of exotic laser, millimeterwave, infrared and microwave weapons.
Source: http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/Biographies/thornton.html
Ms. Susan J. Thornton is the director of the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The Directorate, with more than 800 military and civilian scientists, engineers, contractors and support people and an annual budget exceeding $300 million, provides pervasive, world-class directed energy and imaging research and technologies for users across the United States Air Force and the Department of Defense.
Selected for the Senior Executive Service in January 2007, Ms. Thornton came from the Airborne Laser Program, Aeronautical Systems Center, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, where she was the director of engineering. She served as the principal technical advisor to the system program director on designing, building, and testing the Air-borne Laser weapon system, a $7 billion program focused on destroying ballistic missiles in the boost phase.
EDUCATION:
1981 Bachelor of science, electrical systems engineering, Wright State University, Ohio
1990 Master of science, aeronautical engineering, University of Dayton, Ohio
1998 Master in public administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2000 Advanced Program Manager’s Course, Defense Systems Management College, Ft Belvoir, Virginia
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
1981 - 1984, project engineer, Propulsion System Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1984 - 1986, lead engineer for engine monitoring systems, Propulsion System Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1986 - 1990, lead engineer for the F119 engine, F-22 System Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1990 - 1993, lead propulsion engineer, Special Operations Forces Program Office and Aircraft System Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1993 - 1994, chief engineer for CV-22 Osprey, Special Operations Forces Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1994 - 1997, chief engineer for MC-130H Combat Talon II, Special Operations Forces Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1997 - 1998, student, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cam-bridge, Massachusetts
1998 - 1999, chief, technical and acquisition policy, Systems Engineering Division, En-gineering Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1999 - 2001, chief, Plans and Program Branch, Systems Engineering Division, Engineering Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
2001 – 2007, director of engineering, Airborne Laser Program, Aeronautical Systems Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
MAJOR AWARDS AND HONORS:
1986 Air Force Association Junior Engineer of the Year
1986 Air Force Systems Command Certificate of Merit
1989, 1999 Notable Achievement Award
1998 Lucius N. Littauer Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2003 Aeronautical Systems Center Chief Engineer of the Year
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:
Affiliate Societies Council of Dayton
Innovations in Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government and Ford Foundation
Directed Energy Professional Society
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