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Space Grant Impact Space Grant Meeting New York City, NY October 2006
Dr. Ray Haynes, Northrop Grumman Space Technology Dr. Michael Wiskerchen, University of California at San Diego, CA Space Grant Meeting New York City, NY October 2006
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Northrop Grumman Corporation
Electronic Systems Information Technology Integrated Systems Ship Systems/ Newport News Mission Systems Space Technology Airborne Radars C4ISR Electronic Warfare Navigation & Guidance C4ISR Government IT Infrastructure Information Security/ Assurance Tactical Aircraft Long Range Unmanned Airborne Early Warning & Surveillance Naval Systems Integrator Aircraft Carriers Attack Submarines Command, Control and Intelligence Digitized Battlefield ICBM Systems Integration Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Space-Qualified Microelectronics Electronic Systems Military Satcom Scientific Satellites Software Radios $32B Company with 125,000 People All 50 States and 24 Foreign Countries
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Space Technology Since 1957
DSCS Fleet Sat Com HERMES MILSTAR EOS TDRSS Pioneer Chandra VELA DSP CGRO
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Earth Observing Satellite Earth Observing Satellite
Recent Space Technology Satellites Chandra X-Ray Telescope Launched 1999 Aqua Earth Observing Satellite Launched 2002 Aura Earth Observing Satellite Launched 2004
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Engineering Education Issues
B.S. Engineering Graduates Engineers in High Office USA: 5 of 535 in U.S. House and Senate China: 9 of 9 in Politburo are degreed engineers President Hu Jintao, Tsinghua University 1994 2004 USA 65,000 73,000 China 60,000 325,000
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Undergraduate Engineering Degrees
40 30 % of Total Degrees Engineering 20 10 USA Kenya Ireland France Japan China Taiwan England Germany NSF 2000
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Aerospace Engineering Pipeline Constricted
Aerospace industry faces shortage of engineers Feb 2004: 50-year low in aerospace employment Now increasing, but talent pipeline is not sufficient Aerospace science and engineering positions 9% of funded positions going unfilled 27% eligible for retirement by 2008 Lack of qualified candidates Collaboration again required to solve the problem Government, industry and universities must work together Aerospace Industry Association 22 Dec 2004
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Aerospace Economy in Southern California
Manufacturing employment in So. Calif. ~ 1,000,000 Aerospace employment in So. Calif. ~ 200,000 Business areas with highest 2004 growth rates in Southern California Aerospace International Trade Tourism 16 14 12 10 USG Prime Contracts ($B) Southern California 8 6 4 2 2001 2002 2003 2004 Year
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Why Space Grant Do we care? YES!
Supports pipeline for industry and NASA internships and career hires from 500+ universities NGST focus schools include Air Force Academy, Cal Poly-SLO, CalTech, Hawaii, Michigan, MIT, NMSU, Purdue, Stanford, USC, UCSD and others Areas include cubesats, small sats, rocketry and related student projects and activities Futures: James Webb Space Telescope, Vision for Space Exploration, Transformational Space, etc.
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Conclusion Education collaboration required for success
Global environment is rapidly changing U.S. government investment support is critical Industry:university:government collaboration required Engineering education and university research Focus on basic and emerging engineering needs University research is new technology’s forcing function Engineering education is the key component-Enables innovation which in turn drives U.S. economy Mark calendars: CSA-Transforming Space 2006, AIAA SPACE 2007, CalTech-NGC-JPL 50 Years in Space 2007
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