Lloyd J. Austin III Secretary of Defence | Official website
Dr. Jon T. Kosloski has been appointed as the new director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) following his arrival from the National Security Agency. Dr. Kosloski's background includes significant experience in quantum optics, crypto-mathematics, and leading research and analysis teams.
"Jon possesses the unique set of scientific and technical skills, policy knowledge, and proven leadership experience required to enhance AARO's efforts to research and explain unidentified anomalous phenomena to the Department, Congress, and the American people," stated Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks.
In his new role, Dr. Kosloski will lead the Department of Defense's initiatives in collaboration with the Intelligence Community. His responsibilities include minimizing technical and intelligence surprises by coordinating scientific, intelligence, and operational activities related to the detection, identification, attribution, and mitigation of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) near national security areas.
Under Dr. Kosloski’s leadership, AARO will continue to review historical U.S. government records concerning UAPs and work towards declassifying and releasing related documents as much as possible.
