The Aerospace Corporation Announces
Leadership Appointments
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (9/6/06) — The Aerospace Corporation has announced that Dr. Keith P. Zondervan has been promoted to associate general manager and Bernardo Higuera has been named a principal engineer.
As associate general manager of the Missile Defense Space Systems organization in the Space Based Surveillance Division, Zondervan will be responsible for managing the company’s support for developing, testing, and deploying space systems for the Missile Defense Agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System. These space systems include the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) satellite blocks, the Near Field Infra-Red Experiment, and other projects. Zondervan advances from principal director of the company’s STSS organization.
Higuera will serve as chief engineer of the Launch Directorate within the Planning and Communications Division and will function as senior technical advisor to the principal director of the Launch Directorate and to the director of the National Reconnaissance Office’s Office of Space Launch. Higuera advances from systems director of Mission Assurance and System Engineering.
The Aerospace Corporation, based in El Segundo, Calif., is an independent, nonprofit company that provides objective technical analyses and assessments for national security space programs and selected civil and commercial space programs in the national interest.
The Aerospace Corporation, based in El Segundo, Calif., is an independent, nonprofit company that provides objective technical analyses and assessments for national security space programs and selected civil and commercial space programs in the national interest.
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