Stephen Luckowski is a Competency Manager at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (CCDC-AC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. His primary roles are Program Manager of the Department of Defense (DoD) Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles Manufacturing Innovation Institute and providing organizational strategic planning for the Armaments Engineering and Manufacturing Directorate, CCDC-AC. As Government Program Manager for the Institute, Mr. Luckowski is working on behalf of the DoD’s Manufacturing Technology Program to provide guidance and direction on the establishment of an advanced fibers and textiles manufacturing innovation ecosystem. As Competency Manager, Mr. Luckowski’s focus is developing and demonstrating new manufacturing process technology improvements in the prototype development of armament systems and components, to help reduce system costs and enable new designs as they transition from prototype to production. Mr. Luckowski has been responsible for transformational efforts in several key manufacturing technology thrusts within the Army/DoD to include titanium material processing and joining, digital manufacturing and design, and additive manufacturing.

Prior to this, Mr. Luckowski served as Chair of the Metals Processing and Fabrication Subpanel within the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel (JDMTP) and spent one year on a professional development assignment with the Defense Production Act Title III program, working in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy. He has also been a member of the Technical Advisory Committees for other DoD Institutes, including America Makes and Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT).

Mr. Luckowski holds a Bachelor of Science in materials engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and previously served in the U.S. Army, leaving service at the rank of Major. He is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps and a prior Chair/current member of the American Welding Society D1.9 Structural Welding Titanium Code Committee. Mr. Luckowski has been awarded multiple patents and has been recognized by the Army’s Greatest Invention Awards Program for inventions in titanium welding as well as armament and protection systems.