MR. GARY THIBAULT
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Product Manager for Force Sustainment Systems, Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support
TITLE: Supervisory mechanical engineer; cargo aerial delivery team leader
YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 39
DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III in engineering
EDUCATION: B.S. in mechanical engineering and bachelor of engineering technology in mechanical engineering, Northeastern University
AWARDS:
Top Ten U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year; Commander’s Award for Civilian Service; Association of the U.S. Army Citation for Exceptional Service; U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center Technical Director’s Silver Pin for Development and Engineering; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Theodor W. Knacke Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Award
G 104 Army AL&T Magazine July-September 2017
ary Tibault has spent a lot of time waiting for things to fall out of the sky. But he’s no Chicken Little: His field is aerial delivery systems development, and for nearly 40 years he has played an important role in making sure that Soldiers at forward operating
bases and on humanitarian missions get the supplies and equipment they need.
Tibault is a supervisory mechanical engineer and cargo aerial delivery (CAD) team leader within the Product Manager for Force Sustainment Systems, part of the Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS). Officially part of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) assigned to PEO CS&CSS, he works with the assistant product manager for CAD. Te team Tibault leads is responsible for advancing CAD capabilities for the Army and DOD—systems for deploying, stabilizing and decelerating a pay- load so that it lands in fully mission-capable condition at the correct location.
“Our CAD team’s job is to manage the development of the most capable and advanced cargo aerial delivery systems and equipment in the world, and to manage the fielding of that equipment to the most capable fighting force in the world,” said Tibault. “We can only accomplish that mission with close and constant collaboration with our many acquisition partners.” Tose include the group’s combat developer, the U.S. Army Combined Arms
Part of Gary Tibault’s career is looking up
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