Ms. Michelle
Gilbert has 16 years of service as an acquisition professional for the United
States Army. She currently serves as the Technical Management Division Chief
for the Project Management Office, Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). Ms.
Gilbert joined the Capability Program Executive Aviation (CPE AVN) Future
Vertical Lift (FVL) efforts in 2015 and has since held multiple positions to
include the Deputy for the FLRAA Development and Production Product Management
Office (DAPPMO) and the FLRAA Systems Engineering Branch Chief providing
subject matter expertise on multiple tasks required during the Materiel
Solutions Analysis (MSA) phase and the competitive down select. Major
initiatives included leading the establishment and application of Digital
Engineering and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) as a key tenant of
system development, helping shape the acquisition strategy and development of
Program of Record (PoR) documentation, and overseeing execution of system preliminary
and detail design efforts. Prior to FVL efforts she supported the Project
Management Office, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) in various lead roles to
include interoperability initiatives and development and production of the
Mobile Ground Control Station (MGCS) for the Gray Eagle Product Office.
Ms. Gilbert
holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama
in Huntsville (UAH) and a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). A native of Huntsville, Alabama, she continues
to reside there with her husband. They are the proud parents of a daughter who
recently graduated from Auburn University. Outside of her professional
commitments and travel, Ms. Gilbert and her husband enjoy dedicating their
weekends to extensive home renovation projects.