Philip V. Hunt is president of Perspicuous Technologies Inc. He is a former British Royal Navy air engineer officer and U.S. government DARPA program manager. He has over 40 years of experience in acquisition, financial management, requirements development, project management, RDT&E, engineering, and operation of various fixed-wing and helicopter aircraft in the U.K. and the U.S. He has specialist experience in aero-propulsion, STOVL, rotary- and fixed-wing design, and maritime air operations and airworthiness. He was the first onsite U.K. program manager in the U.S.-based JAST/JSF/F-35 program. As program manager at DARPA, he managed the Walrus (heavy lift airship), A160, Morphing Aircraft, DP-5X, Canard Rotor Wing, Heavy Fuel Engine, and other advanced technology efforts. A chartered engineer, he is a Fellow of the RAeS and IMech.E, and a member of AIAA.