Brigadier General N. Lee S. Price is the Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications (Tactical). Prior to her current position, she was assigned in July 2008 as the Deputy Program Manager for the Future Combat Systems, Brigade Combat Team – Network Integration. She came to the Future Combat System (FCS) from her three-year tenure as the Deputy Acquisition Executive for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) where she was responsible for providing the specialized equipment and products for the Department of Defense Special Operators comprised of: Army Special Operations Forces and Rangers, Navy SEALS, Air Force Special Operations Command, Marine Special Operations Command, the Joint Special Operations Command, and Special Mission Units.

From July 2002 to July 2005 she was the Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS). As PM DCATS, she was honored as the Army’s Project Manager of the Year in October, 2004. In that position, she was responsible for managing programs valued at over $2 billion that support the national command authorities, combatant commanders, joint services and the Army. Highlights of those three years include: a $300 million project to build a commercial communications network in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait; delivering the first-ever dedicated communications (very small aperture satellite terminals) for combat service support troops; increasing the production by over 1,000 percent on its award-winning Vehicle Intercom Systems; and more than quadrupling the deliveries of Land Mobile Radio systems for a variety of DoD forces and other Government agencies.

Prior to becoming PM DCATS, Price established the first strategic communications office for the Army Staff’s chief information office/G6. While in her capacity on the Army’s staff, she was also a Division Chief charged with building the systems architectures for the Army’s new Brigade Combat Teams. With over 20 years of acquisition experience, Price is a certified member of the Army Acquisition Corps.

In 1994, Price became the tactical integration manager for the Defense Message System, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and in 1996 became the chief of the director’s group working for the DISA director. In 1997, she became project manager, Defense Information System Network- Pacific, a $2.5 billion joint services program. Subsequently, she served as product manager, Theater Automated Command and Control Information Management System (TACCIMS), in Seoul, Korea. TACCIMS, now the Global Command and Control System – Army (GCCS-A) in Korea is used by all of the U.S. forces, as well as the Republic of Korea’s Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.

Price began her military career in 1975 as a private first class in the Alabama National Guard, and was later commissioned through Officer’s Candidate School and was transferred to the Signal Corps. She entered active duty in October 1981.

Price has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and master’s degrees from the University of Arizona and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Her awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Combat Action Badge.