Kevin Luxford

NGRC Technical Section Leader - Principal Technical Officer NSPA

Kevin was technically trained and qualified as an avionics aerospace engineer by UK Ministry of Defence in the early 1990s and, in his early career, reinvested these skills in a wide range of UK MoD posts including aircraft depth maintenance and Engineering Authority roles. He went on to develop extensive experience in all phases of acquisition for a diverse range of airborne and ground-based systems in the defence environment, primarily in the rotary wing domain. He is highly experienced in complex international programmes, contributing several years to development of the multi-national A400M tactical transport aircraft while working at OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) in the 2010s. Returning to UK defence in 2019, he was Principal Project Manager at the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl) responsible for delivery of a range of air systems research projects, specifically focused on novel concepts and technologies for future rotorcraft and tactical aviation capabilities. Now employed at NATO Support & Procurement Agency (NSPA) since 2023, Kevin is head of the Technical Section for the Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) programme.