Capt. Jaime Engdahl
U.S. Navy
Capt. Engdahl is the program manager for the Precision Strike Weapons program office (PMA-201) at Patuxent River, Md.
Engdahl is a 1990 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering. He completed flight training in Pensacola, Fla. and was designated a naval flight officer in 1992.
In 1993, he reported for his initial fleet tour with the “Zappers” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 as an electronic countermeasures officer, deploying aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and flying more than 80 combat sorties in support of Operations Deny Flight, Vigilant Warrior and Deliberate Force.
From 1995 to 1998, Engdahl attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Md., where he graduated with distinction and was designated a naval test flight officer with a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. After completing follow-on tours with the Naval Strike Aircraft Test Squadron and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School he reported to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) where he served as the assistant air operations officer from 2000 to 2002.
He was designated as an aerospace engineering duty officer in 2002. His NAVAIR program management assignments include integrated product team lead for F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR); and deputy program manager for E-6B Mercury block one upgrade programs.
His test assignments include Naval Strike Aircraft Test Squadron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) project officer; UAV Tactical Control System project officer; EA-6B Prowler project officer; and EA-18G Growler government flight test director.
From 2010 to 2013 Engdahl served as Unmanned Combat Air Systems (PMA-268) program manager. During his tenure, he led the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator team through a highly successful flight-test program of the autonomous, unmanned, tailless X-47B UCAS aircraft, including the historic first catapult and trap of an unmanned aircraft aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Engdahl has accumulated over 1,800 flight hours as an F/A-18F Super Hornet & EA-18G Growler weapons system officer and EA-6B Prowler electronic countermeasures officer. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), the Air Medals-Strike Flight (four awards), the Navy Commendation Medal (five awards, two with Combat V), the Navy Achievement Medal, and various unit and service awards.