COLONEL BRADLEY J. SMITH
Colonel Bradley J. Smith is commander, Phillips
Research Site and Materiel Wing Director, Space Vehicles Directorate,
Air Force Research
Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. He
leads a team of 941 military, civilian, and on-site contractors who
comprise the nation's Center of Excellence for military space science
and technology, research and development, as well as advanced
technologies integration and demonstration. His organization manages an
annual budget of $378 million focused on the mission thrusts of
responsive space and counterspace and space-based command, control,
communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Colonel Smith was born and raised in Rochester, N.Y. and entered the
Air Force as a distinguished graduate from the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute ROTC program in 1986. He holds a Doctorate in Computer
Engineering from the University of New Mexico, Master of Science degree
from Boston University and Masters of Business Administration from
Saint Mary's University. He is a resident graduate of the U.S. Army War
College and Joint Forces Staff College.
Colonel Smith's assignments include deputy director of Engineering at
the Air Armament Center, head of the Operational and Policy liaison in
Washington for European Command and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers
Europe during Operation Iraqi Freedom, chief spacecraft system engineer
at the National Reconnaissance Office, High Power Microwave Program
manager at the Phillips Laboratory in New Mexico, and a fellowship at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Draper laboratory.
Colonel Smith's previous assignment was as the commander, Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program Systems Group, Space and Missile
Systems Center, Air Force Space Command, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. DMSP
Systems Group is the DOD's sole operational weather satellite system.
EDUCATION:
1986 Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1989 Masters in Business Administration, St. Mary's University
1991 Draper Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Draper Laboratories (former MIT Instrumentation lab)
1993 Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Boston University
1997 Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico
1998 Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, Ala.
2002 Masters in Strategic Studies, US Army War College, Carlisle, Pa.
2006 Executive Program Manager Course, Defense System Management College
2007 Joint Forces Staff College, Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Norfolk, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. June 1986 - May 1989, PC-III programmer/analyst, AFPC, Randolph AFB, Texas
2. May 1989 - May 1991, chief, major command operations support section, AFPC, Randolph AFB
3. June 1991 - June 1993, fellow at Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass.
4. June 1993 - Oct. 1995, space warfare and survivability officer, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
5. Oct. 1995 - July 1997, program manager, High Power Microwave Systems, Kirtland AFB
6. July1997 - June 1998, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. June 1998- July 1999, deputy program manager, Satellite Ground Systems, National
Reconnaissance Office, Va.
8. July 1999 - July 2000, chief system engineer, Satellite Segment, LEO SPO, NRO
9. July 2000 - July 2001, deputy director of System Engineering, LEO Systems, NRO
10. July 2001 - June 2002, Army War College, Carlisle, Pa.
11. June 2002 - July 2005, deputy director, EUCOM/SHAPE Liaison Office, the Pentagon, Washington
12. July 2005 - Aug. 2006, deputy director, Engineering and Acquisition Excellence, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
13. Sept. 2006 - July 2008, commander, Defense Meteorological Satellite
Group, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
14 July 2008 - present, commander Phillips Research Site and Materiel Wing director, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak Leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant, May 1986
First Lieutenant, June 1988
Captain, June 1990
Major, Aug. 1996
Lieutenant Colonel, May 2000
Colonel, Feb. 2006
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