On August 14, NSTXL announced the appointment of Scott Bukofsky as senior vice president, microelectronics. Bukofsky is a strategic executive with deep expertise in defense, semiconductor, and national security sectors. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Yale University. Throughout his career, Bukofsky has successfully led multibillion-dollar R&D investments and managed large portfolios to advance U.S. technological leadership and domestic semiconductor resilience.
In this role, Bukofsky will unite the commercial semiconductor industry and government to identify technical trends vital to national security and leverage NSTXL’s collaborative platform to accelerate their introduction into key systems. Alongside these initiatives, he will streamline program infrastructure and serve as a trusted technical advisor to the government. His appointment reflects NSTXL’s continued focus on driving rapid innovation in critical defense technologies and delivering outcomes that matter.
“Scott brings the technical expertise and strategic insight needed to help modernize and accelerate microelectronics R&D,” said Mark McIntosh, CEO, NSTXL. “He will play a key role in advancing our approach to public-private collaboration, combining best practices from the commercial sector with federal initiatives like Microelectronics Commons to streamline and scale the innovation pipeline.”
Bukofsky’s experience in both the commercial sector and government, combined with NSTXL’s agile acquisition model and leadership of existing programs like Microelectronics Commons, will help create new frameworks for R&D collaboration. This appointment is a critical step in securing the future of microelectronics research and development for national defense, ensuring that taxpayer investment leads to meaningful outcomes for the warfighter and beyond, according to the organization.
Source: NSTXL
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By Loren Blinde
August 18, 2025
