Space Division
Mission
Key Policy Areas
Areas of Interest
Board of Directors
Contact Information
Briefings and Reports
Awards
Charter
Mission
- To be the focal point and coordinating element within NDIA for the identification, study, and resolution of technology, operations, management, and business issues associated with government policy and practice in national security space activities.
- To serve as an effective vehicle for the exchange of views and information between government and industry on all matters of common concern relating to space.
- To provide, in cooperation with government elements, collective industry viewpoints, recommendations, and advice on matters of national security interest regarding space.
- To foster mutual understanding and effective working relationships between government and industry for the purpose of ensuring effective and reliable space support to national security objectives.
Operations: The Space Division provides a continuing forum for communications, discussion, and exchange of views with the government on all manners of space activities through the conduct of periodic meetings, conferences, symposia, and studies to carry out its mission. The division works jointly and coordinates with NDIA chapters and other divisions and U.S. defense and government agencies in activities relating to space matters. It maintains close liaison with other industry associations, professional societies, universities, and other groups with similar interests in meeting its mission objectives.
Key Policy Areas
The NDIA Space Division addresses numerous key areas of interest including: Cost Reduction and Cost Credibility of Space Programs; Space Operations; Space Industry Information Programs; Strategic Defense Initiatives; Space Policy and Strategy; and, Space Research, Development, and Technology.
Senior officials in such organizations as the Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, the United States Strategic Command, the Air Force Space Command National Reconnaissance Office, 14th Air Force, NASA, Space and Naval Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, USAF Special Projects, the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center, and the Air University, all participate in various Division sessions on these topics, and others that are of concern, to provide all the relevant and cogent positions an issues of importance to both government and Industry.
Through their regular and personal involvement, the senior leaders of the nation's space programs verified the significant impact that the NDIA Space Division has on national space strategies and policy matters.
Areas of Interest
The NDIA Space Division provides industry advice and recommendations to government on:
- Cost Reduction and Cost Credibility of Space Programs
- Space Operations
- Space Industry Information Programs
- Space Industrial Base
- Space Policy and Strategies
- Space Research, Development, and Technology
Executive Council and Board of Directors
Chair
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Rick Larned
Vice President, Space Programs
Burdeshaw Associates, Inc
12420 E. 27th Avenue
Spokane Valley, WA 99216-0230
Phone: 509-927-3369
Fax: 509-927-6761
E-mail: ricklarned@gmail.com
Vice Chairman
Mr. John Williams, Universal Space Network
Vice President, Eastern Region
Mr. Al Ballenger, TASC
Vice President, Central Region
Vacant
Vice President, Rocky Mountain Region
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Russell Anarde, Northrop Grumman
Vice President, West Coast Region
Mr. Wayne Kauffman, Raytheon
Vice President, Membership
Mr. Rick Randall
Executive Secretary
Mr. Gayle White, Colorado Aerospace Consulting, LLC
Member Board of Directors (Past Chairman)
Mr. Edward M. Swallow, Northrop Grumman
Member Board of Directors (Past Chairman)
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) David Vesely, Consultant
Member Board of Directors (Past Chairman)
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) “Mitch” Mitchell, The Aerospace Corporation
Member Board of Directors (Past Chairman)
Dr. Michael O. Ryan, The MITRE Corporation
Member Board of Directors and Special Advisor to the Chair
Maj Gen Donald G. Hard, USAF (Ret)
Member Board of Directors at Large
Kenneth L. Bonner, Accenture
Duane Deal, SGT, Inc.
Ryan Frederick, Applied Defense Solutions
Michael Hamel, Orbital Sciences Corporation
Dewanne Phillips, Software Engineering Institute
Wanda A. Sigur, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Roberto L. (Rob) Vasquez, SAIC
Rick Ward, The Center for Space Entrepreneurship
Past Chairmen
Dr. Michael O. Ryan
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Howard "Mitch" Mitchell
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) David Vesely
Ed Swallow
Gayle White
David Messner
VADM (Ret.) William E. Ramsey
Jerry Cobb
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Earl S. Van Inwegen
Contact
Director
Michael Dauth
NDIA Director, Operations
E-mail: mdauth@ndia.org
National Defense Industrial Association
Julie Veldkamp, CMP
NDIA Associate Director, Operations
E-mail: jveldkamp@ndia.org
Briefings and Reports
HQ AFSPC A-5/NDIA Informal Discussion Series
Download/Print/View Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Discussion
March, 12, 2013
Download/Print/View Position, Navigation and Timing Architecture Discussion
January 8, 2013
Executive Forum - September 14, 2012
Download/Print/View A Perspective on Disaggregation/Hosted Payloads
Mr. Jeff Grant, Sector Vice President/General Manager,
Space Systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Download/Print/View Commercialization
Mr. John Williams, President & CEO, Universal Space Network
Download/Print/View Performace Challenges in a Severe Fiscal Environment
Mr. Joseph Wysocki, Vice President, Defense Services Sector,
SCITOR Corporation