Rear Admiral Edward Anderson Wilkinson Jr. (September 21, 1933 – May 23, 2020) of United States Navy was the Director Defense Mapping Agency from July 1983 to July 1985.

Rear Admiral Edward A. Wilkinson was born on September 21, 1933, in Selma, Alabama.

As DMA director between 1983 and 1985, under his leadership the agency implemented the Digital Production System, an ambitious modernization program which sought to redesign and retool its MC&G production systems and processes.

During Wilkinson's tenure, DMA – a heritage organization of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency – implemented Phase I (Mark 85) of the program on time and in budget.

Mark 85 capability allowed DMA to continue to produce critical geographic products to U.S. military forces from new digital national reconnaissance imagery.