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 Vice Admiral Joe Dyer
USN (Ret.)
- Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Chair
- President, Government & Industrial Robots Division, iRobot Corporation
- Former Commander, Naval Air Systems Command
Vice Admiral Joseph W. Dyer was commissioned through the Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate
Program following graduation from North Carolina State University with a bachelor of science degree in
chemical engineering. He subsequently earned a master of science degree in financial management from
the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, CA. He received his wings in March 1971, and was selected
as one of the first "Nuggets" (first tour aviators) to fly the Mach 2, RA-5C Vigilante. He flew nationally
tasked reconnaissance missions in both the eastern and western hemispheres.
From April 1991 to December 1993, he was the Navy’s chief test pilot. January 1994 to April 1997, he
served as F/A-18 program manager leading the engineering and manufacturing development (E&MD)
effort on the new F/A-18E/F, the continued production and fleet support of the F/A-18C/D and all F/A-18
foreign military sales. The F/A-18 program won the Department of Defense Acquisition Excellence Award
and the Order of Daedalian during this period. Admiral Dyer was assigned as the Commander, Naval Air
Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, in July 1997 and one month later assumed additional
responsibilities as the Naval Air Systems Command, Assistant Commander for Research and
Engineering. In June 2000, he was assigned as the Commander, Naval Air Systems Command.
Admiral Dyer is executive vice president and general manager of the iRobot Corporation’s Military
Government & Industrial Division. In this position, he works closely with the U.S. Department of Defense
to develop reconnaissance robots that will change the way wars are fought in the future.
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