Edward Whitman Author

Norman Polmar is an analyst, consultant, and author specializing in naval, aviation, and science and technology issues. He has been a consultant or advisor on naval-related issues to three U.S. senators, the Speaker of the House, and the Deputy Counselor to the President, as well as to the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has written or coauthored more than 50 published books and numerous articles on naval, aviation, technology, and intelligence subjects.

Dr. Edward Whitman studied electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later earned a Ph.D. in that subject from the University of Maryland, USA. His Navy civilian career lasted nearly 40 years and included senior management positions with the U.S. Sixth Fleet, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Navy Secretariat, and the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy. Following his Navy retirement in 1998, Dr. Whitman was for five years the Senior Editor of the U.S. submarine community’s magazine, Undersea Warfare.