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Space Systems Engineering Professional Development and Certification

dc.contributor.author Fisher, Gerard H. en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Aerospace Corporation en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Space Systems Design Lab en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2006-01-18T14:41:20Z en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2006-03-03T20:57:13Z
dc.date.available 2006-01-18T14:41:20Z en_US
dc.date.available 2006-03-03T20:57:13Z
dc.date.issued 2005-11-09 en_US
dc.description This conference features the work of authors from: Georgia Tech’s Space Systems Design Lab, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute; NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Langley Research Center; and other aerospace industry and academic institutions en_US
dc.description.abstract In the mid-1990s, the Federal Government pursued "Acquisition Reform," which resulted in significantly reduced government technical oversight of contractors. This caused less technical personnel to be hired in the government program offices for the last ten years. Recent investigations of space problems have recognized the need to revitalize the systems engineering workforce within the government program offices. Two years ago, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) embarked on the development of a professional development and certification program for space systems engineering. The NRO workforce is heterogeneous; it is comprised of military and civilian members of all DoD services as well as several intelligence community agencies. Our objective was to develop a program that maximized the synergy with parent-agency programs and avoided any redundant training requirements. A three-level certification program was established that required technical education, systems engineering experience, and systems engineering training. The training selected is a combination of existing NRO courses, offthe- shelf academic courses, commercial training classes, and newly developed classes. After the first year, over 375 employees have attended at least one training class and we are certifying systems engineers at the rate of 10-12 per month. The success of this program has led to potential expansion into other areas of the government. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship AIAA Space Systems Technical Committee ; AIAA Space Transportation Systems Technical Committee ; Space Technology Advanced Research Center en_US
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8019
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries SSEC05 Session A;GT-SSEC.A.4 en_US
dc.subject Certification programs en_US
dc.subject National Reconnaissance Office en_US
dc.subject Professional development en_US
dc.subject Space systems engineering workforce en_US
dc.subject Technical oversight of contractors en_US
dc.title Space Systems Engineering Professional Development and Certification en_US
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local.contributor.corporatename Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL)
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