Scotty Black

Affiliation

Marine Corps Warfighting Lab

Biography

LtCol Scotty Black is a U.S. Marine assigned to the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) as part of the Marine Corps Technical PhD Program. His primary specialty is as an F/A-18 Weapons Systems Officer with over 20 years of Marine Corps experience. LtCol Black is currently the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technical Advisor for the MCWL Wargaming Division leading the integration of emerging and next-generation M&S and AI technologies into wargaming. LtCol Black's experience includes nearly 2,000 flight hours in the F/A-18, graduate of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course, multiple combat deployments, leading science and technology initiatives for the Marine Corps, a DARPA Service Chiefs Fellowship, and research fellowships at the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and the former Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific.