CAE
Matt “Killjoy” Martin is the Director of Command and Control, Intelli-gence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance (C2ISR) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Strategy, CAE USA Defense & Security, Arlington, TX which includes the Link Training & Simulation division, with capabilities for fixed-wing, unmanned, and rotorcraft flight simulators, C2ISR training, training services, modeling & simulation, and maintenance training solutions.
Mr. Martin joined Link in 2016 and reports to the Vice President for Strategic Growth, CAE USA. He is responsible for defining the strategic technology priorities to develop solutions, and en-suring alignment of those solutions, for strategic campaigns to meet CAE USA’s growing port-folio in Command and Control, Intelligence / Surveillance / Reconnaissance, Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Artificial Intelligence, and Modeling & Simulation.
Mr. Martin spent over 22 years on active duty in the United States Air Force, retiring in 2016. His significant assignments include Commander of the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, Balad Air Base, Iraq; Director of Operations,16th Training Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Operations Manager for the MQ-1/9 Enterprise, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; Commander of NATO Joint Task Force Unified Vision 2014, Ørland Air Base, Norway; Deputy Commander, 409th Air Expedi-tionary Group, Niamey, Niger; and Chief of Aerial Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare for NATO’s Southern Region, NATO Air Command Headquarter, Izmir, Turkey. He is also currently the Deputy Standardization/Evaluation Officer for the Texas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
Mr. Martin has a BA in Political Science from Purdue University and an MA in International Studies from the University of Denver. He is a graduate of Air Force Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, the Air Force Air War College, and the Joint and Coalition Advanced Warfighters’ School in Norfolk, VA. His flight experience includes over 5,000 hours in the T-34, the RC-135S/U/V/W, the