Dayton Aerospace named 2024 DBJ Military Supporter of the Year Honoree
We are thrilled to announce that Dayton Aerospace has been named as a Military Supporter of the Year honoree as part of the 2024 Business of the Year Awards by the Dayton Business Journal (DBJ). The Business of the Year awards program has celebrated the region’s best in business for more than...
Welcome Shane “Aggie” Louis, former AFLCMC/HNA and DTRA Weapons & Capabilities Division Chief
We are pleased to announce that Shane "Aggie" Louis has joined the company as a senior associate. Shane has 30 years of experience leading complex organizations across all facets of government acquisition from basic research to engineering, manufacturing, and development. As the Weapons and Capabilities Division Chief at the...
Former B-21 Air Vehicle Team lead, Rick Reams, joins Dayton Aerospace
We are pleased to announce that Rick Reams, a highly experienced technical leader in aircraft design, development, test, and airworthiness certification, has joined Dayton Aerospace as a senior associate. With over 40 years of aircraft technical management experience on multiple...
Laurence “Goose” Gressett, Former AFRL/RW GFR & Test Lead joins Dayton Aerospace
Laurence "Goose" Gressett has joined Dayton Aerospace as a senior associate. Laurence has over 30 years of experience in engineering, product support, depot production, research, development, and as a reserve pilot in the armed services. His professional engineering experience includes...
Dayton Aerospace welcomes Juan Satterfield, former MQ-9A Chief Engineer
We are pleased to announce that Juan Satterfield, former MQ-9A Chief Engineer, has joined Dayton Aerospace. Juan has 40 years of experience serving in various capacities in the US Air Force (USAF) engineering career field across the Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition...
Former B-21 Lead Systems Engineer, Verle Johnson, joins Dayton Aerospace
We are pleased to announce that Verle Johnson, NH-04, DAF (Ret) and former B-21 Lead Systems Engineer has joined Dayton Aerospace as a senior associate. He has over 40 years of experience in acquisition, systems engineering, testing, and program management with the United States (US) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) and...
Navigating FAR Part 15: An Overview of Negotiated Contracts
Dayton Aerospace Vice President and National Contract Management Agency (NCMA) Fellow, Tom Wells, CFCM, will be presenting a two-hour, live, virtual training titled Navigating FAR Part 15: An Overview of Negotiated Contracts on June 19, 2024 from...
Dayton Aerospace Celebrates 40 Years!
Today, Dayton Aerospace, Inc., celebrates our 40th Anniversary. It’s a momentous occasion, and we pause to reflect on our rich history. Four decades ago, Colonel Jim Waite retired from the Air Force as the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) Director of Contracting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB). But he wasn’t done yet. He knew...
Dayton Aerospace Sponsors Dinosaurs in Motion at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Dayton Aerospace is proud to partner with the Air Force Museum Foundation in supporting the Dinosaurs in Motion exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The exhibit will be open from 17 February to 13 May 2024. Dinosaurs in Motion is a new, interactive, engaging STEAM...
Sweeping Great Power Competition Changes Demand Focus!
By now you’ve heard Secretary Frank Kendall’s big announcement at the AFA Warfare Symposium last month in Colorado—sweeping changes are in store for the US Air Force and US Space Force in response to the deepening power competition with China. Optimizing the Nation’s Force structure to improve warfighting readiness is not a new conversation. In fact, the discussion over the last few years is easy to...