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Brett Scott
Mr. Brett G. Scott, a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service, was named the Director, Geospatial Intelligence Systems Acquisition (GEOINT) Directorate for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in October 2023. As the D/GEOINT, he leads a joint team responsible for the planning, cross-coordination, and acquisition of systems that provide critical intelligence to national decision makers and warfighters worldwide.
Mr. Scott began his career as a U.S. Air Force 2nd Lieutenant in 1991. His first assignment was at the Ballistic Missile Organization, Norton Air Force Base (AFB), CA where he served as a Systems Engineer for the National Launch System, an Air Force and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Joint Program Office that became the Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program. While there, he also led a team that authored an update to the Department of Defense (DoD) systems engineering standards that has evolved into today’s industry standards. He served his second U.S. Air Force assignment with the Advanced Systems Directorate at Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, CA. He was the Chief Engineer and Program Manager for a highly classified counter space program. His next assignment was on the faculty at the United States Air Force Academy where he developed the Systems Engineering degree program that continues to graduate Air Force Systems Engineers today. Mr. Scott began his work at the NRO in 2006 where he served in the Electro-Optical System Program Office delivering several multi-billion dollar imagery satellites filling critical intelligence collection gaps. In 2012, he retired from the Air Force, joined the NRO government civilian workforce and began serving in a variety of roles within the Activity Based Collection System Program Office (ASPO). During his time in ASPO, Mr. Scott led a cross enterprise team to deliver a revolutionary multi-billion dollar next generation space imagery satellite system for the Intelligence Community, the DoD, and allied partners that has produced game-changing activity-based intelligence collection capabilities. Mr. Scott has acquired significant experience in program management, systems engineering, large and small scale space system acquisitions, space system design and development for national security space programs during his 32 years in space acquisition.
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