Warfare Analysis

Mr. G. K. Melcher Warefare Analysis Business Area Executive National Security Analysis Department (NSAD) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723 Office:  240-228-3658 Cell:  202-262-7190

Mr. Melcher is the Warfare Analysis Business Area Executive for the National Security Analysis Department.  The 150-person NSAD conducts analyses that enable government sponsors to make informed decisions, principally at the enterprise and architecture levels, regarding critical national security issues.  The breadth of analysis ranges from the strategic to the tactical, from homeland defense to theater warfare.  Analysis of joint force capabilities draws heavily upon the engineering and scientific expertise at the Laboratory, as well as significant military and intelligence operational experience.  Advanced simulation based methodologies are employed as well as sophisticated seminar and decision support techniques, as appropriate to the issues being examined.  The NSAD’s Warfare Analysis Business Area is sponsored by the Joint Staff, CNO, JFCOM, NSA, STRATCOM, DARPA, MDA and other agencies and commands, to provide independent recommendations and guidelines regarding capabilities, systems, and architectures.  NSAD is extending its analysis focus beyond joint to interagency operations and capabilities in response to the emergence of non-nation state threats to national security.

Mr. Melcher came to the Laboratory after 26 years of government service (eight as a member of the senior executive service).  He has a broad base of technical experience in operations research, acquisition, readiness, program management, system engineering, and modeling & simulation.  In his most recent position as Deputy Director for N81/N00X, CNO’s Assessment Division/Capability Analysis Group, he focused on the development of the Navy’s net assessment and CNO’s Program Assessment Memorandum, developed over 100 Integrated Warfare Architectures presented to Navy leadership, managed the Center for Naval Analyses, established the CNO’s world class modeling initiative, and represented the Navy in all senior modeling and analysis fora with OSD and the Joint Staff.  He was the Navy sponsor for the Military Operations Research Society, led the Navy’s operations research analysis community, and determined and developed study topics for the Naval Studies Board.  Earlier he was assigned for four years as the Navy’s single point of contact on all readiness issues, frequently preparing the CNO and Vice Chief for meetings with senior OSD leadership and POTUS.  While at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, he was one of the first Battle Force system engineers and established the first cross-SYSCOM technical forum.  Later he became the Deputy for Warfare Systems Analysis, established the Department of the Navy’s Modeling & Simulation Office and became its first Technical Director.  Following graduation, Mr. Melcher was hired as an electrical engineer by the Naval Sea Systems Command.  During his seven years of service, Mr. Melcher performed a wide variety of engineering and acquisition related duties for the development of submarine and surface ship combat systems.

Mr. Melcher has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.  He is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College program manager’s course, is certified as a Level III Acquisition Professional, has completed extensive course work in engineering management at the George Washington University, and is a graduate of MIT’s Seminar XXI program. Mr. Melcher is the recipient of two Meritorious and one Superior Civilian Service Awards.