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DR. DAVID A. HARDY
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Dr. David A. Hardy, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Director, Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. Dr. Hardy leads the Air Force's center of expertise for directed energy technology, developing and transitioning research technologies into military systems. The directorate provides pervasive, world-class directed energy and imaging research technologies for users across the Air Force and the Department of Defense. He is responsible for more than 800 military and civilian scientists, engineers, contractors, and support people and an annual budget exceeding $300 million. He manages numerous state-of-the-art research laboratories and testing structures at Kirtland AFB, and several unique facilities which include the Starfire Optical Range at Kirtland AFB; a testing site at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range, N.M; and the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site in Hawaii.
Dr. Hardy entered the Air Force as a first lieutenant in 1976, receiving his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Duke University, Durham, N.C. He began his civilian career at Hanscom AFB, Mass. Before joining the Directed Energy Directorate, Dr. Hardy served as the Associate Director for Space Technology at AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate also located at Kirtland AFB. In this position, he had oversight of AFRL's space science and technology investments and managed the directorate's science and technology portfolio. Dr. Hardy also worked as the AFRL senior space experimentalist and Chief, Battlespace Environment Division, where he administered all research within the Air Force to specify and predict the nature of the space environment. He also served as an adviser on space science and technology to the Air Force Space Command, the Space and Missile Systems Center, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other organizations. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2006.
Dr. Hardy has published more than 125 papers in national and international journals and has been directly responsible for the development and flight of more than 35 scientific and operational space flight systems.
EDUCATION
1972 Bachelor of Science degree in physics, magna cum laude with honors, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
1974 Master of Science degree in space physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas
1976 Doctor of Philosophy in space physics and astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas
2000 Master of Science degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. May 1976 - August 1976, research associate, Department of Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas
2. August 1976 - June 1989, Planetary Space Scientist, Space Particles Environment Branch, Space Physics Division, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
3. June 1989 - April 1992, Chief, Space Systems Technology Branch, Space Physics Division, Geophysics Directorate, Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
4. April 1992 - July 1993, Program Element Manager for Space Systems Interaction Technology, Geophysics Directorate, Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
5. July 1993 - June 1996, Chief, Space Plasmas and Fields Branch, Space Physics Division, Geophysics Directorate, Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
6. June 1996 - October 1997, Chief, Space Effects Division, Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
7. October 1997 - August 1999, Chief, Battlespace Environment Division, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
8. August 1999 - June 2000, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. June 2000 - January 2001, Chief, Battlespace Environment Division, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
10. January 2001 - July 2001, Acting Deputy Director, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
11. July 2001 - September 2001, Chief Technical Adviser, Space Technologies Division, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
12. September 2001 - September 2002, Technical Director, Directorate for Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
13. September 2002 - September 2006, Senior Space Experimentalist, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
14. September 2006 - October 2010, Associate Director for Space Technology, Space Vehicles Directorate, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
15. October 2010 - present, Director, Directed Energy Directorate, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Meritorious Service Medal
1980 U. S. Air Force Research and Development Award
1994 Star Team Leader, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
1996 U.S. Air Force Research and Development Award
2000 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Award for Research, Air War College
2004 Fellow, AFRL
2005 Commander's Cup, AFRL
2006 Meritorious Senior Professional Presidential Rank Award
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
American Geophysical Union
(Current as of February 2011)
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