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Name: Oxford, Vayl
Current Position: Former Director
Vayl Oxford began serving as director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office in September 2005. Oxford is a graduate of the US Military Academy and the Air Force Institute of Technology. He began his career in the US Air Force, holding several positions associated with aircraft and weapons development and war plans analysis in Europe and the Pacific. He also served as an assistant professor of aeronautics at the US Air Force Academy from 1982 to 1986.
From 1993 to 1998, Oxford served at the Defense Nuclear Agency and then the Defense Special Weapons Agency as the director for counterproliferation. He served as the deputy director for technology development at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and later as the director for counterproliferation at the National Security Council. In December 2004, Oxford was appointed acting director of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency. When the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office was established, Oxford was given the position of its acting director.