USS Kitty Hawk Walter Jackson Davis Jr. (born 1 August 1936) is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy who served as Director of Space and Electronic Warfare in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).

[5] Commissioned through the NROTC program in June 1959, Davis reported for flight training and, despite stigmatism in his vision, was designated a naval aviator in December 1960.

[7] Approved for promotion to rear admiral (lower half) in April 1988,[13] Davis served as commanding officer of Carrier Group Six in 1991[14] and 1992.

[15] Approved for promotion to vice admiral in September 1994,[18] his final active duty assignment until his retirement at the beginning of 1997 was as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (N6) for Space, Information Warfare, Command and Control.

[4] Davis is a co-founder of EvoNexus, a San Diego, California-area business incubator which has helped over 200 start-up companies during their growth from idea to realization.