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Dr. Aaron Weiner
Dr. Weiner currently serves as the Director, Advanced Systems and Technology Directorate (AS&T), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). In this role, he leads AS&T and the NRO Technical Enterprise in supporting the mission of the NRO by identifying, developing and demonstrating technologies that maintain the nation’s intelligence advantage from space.
Dr. Weiner has held multiple leadership positions across the NRO. Most recently, he was the Principal Deputy Director of the Geospatial Intelligence Directorate (GEOINT), where he developed program and acquisition strategies, directorate roadmaps, and guided the execution and enterprise integration for seven major system acquisitions, a pathfinder satellite, and engineering and research demonstration systems. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Director of the Integrated Intelligence System Program Office in the Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), delivering collection orchestration systems, cloud-based frameworks, and situational awareness programs driven by multi-INT fusion-based tipping and alerting, reducing sensor to shooter timelines.
Prior to joining the NRO Cadre, Dr. Weiner served over 23 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Colonel. He served in multiple space related intelligence and acquisition assignments throughout his career. These included assignments at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Air Force Research Laboratory, teaching at the Air Force Academy, and conducting acquisition oversight in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security at the Pentagon.
Dr. Weiner holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a Master of Science in Chemistry from Wright State University/AF Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School, and a Doctorate in Imaging Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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