Orbital ATK’s Darcy McGinn Appointed to U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
September 30 2015 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
McGinn to Advise on Technologies to Improve
USAF Capabilities
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies, announced today that Darcy McGinn has been selected
to serve on the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
McGinn’s service will begin in late fall of 2015. McGinn is the
Chief Technology Officer of the Defense Electronic Systems division
of Orbital ATK’s Defense Systems Group.
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Darcy McGinn of Orbital ATK has been
selected for the USAF Scientific Advisory Board. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“I am honored to be part of the U.S. Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board,” said McGinn. “I appreciate the opportunity to
serve the Air Force and I’m excited to contribute to the SAB
mission.”
“Darcy is very deserving of this honor and exemplifies
everything that this service stands for,” said Mike Kahn,
President, Defense Systems Group. “Darcy’s work focuses on
innovative and advanced solutions to protect the warfighter and we
look forward to Darcy’s contributions to further the SAB and U.S.
Air Force mission.”
The SAB was established in 1944 and conducts several major
studies each year on topics deemed critical by the Secretary of the
Air Force. It also recommends applications of technologies to
improve Air Force capabilities and conducts annual in-depth reviews
of science and technology programs in the Air Force Research
Laboratory.
The SAB members are appointed by the Secretary of Defense and
are drawn from among the nation’s leading experts in science,
technology, engineering, and technical program leadership across
industry, FFRDCs, national laboratories, and academia. Those from
industry are typically at technical executive levels, and those
from other organizations come with comparable levels of technical
leadership, expertise, experience, and vision. The Board’s members
must be able to contribute not only in a single area of expertise,
but also on matters spanning across the entire Air Force mission.
SAB members are accorded the Department of Defense protocol
equivalent of O-9 (three-star general) status while they are
serving on Board functions.
Orbital ATK’s Defense Systems Group is an industry leader in
providing innovative and affordable precision and strike weapons,
advanced propulsion and hypersonics, missile components across
air-, sea- and land-based systems, ammunition and related energetic
products.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs more than
12,000 people in 18 states across the U.S. and in several
international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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