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Core Team

Core Team

The cFS Core Team comprises software engineers, systems architects, and domain specialists with extensive experience in flight software development, embedded systems, and spacecraft operations. This diverse technical expertise enables the continuous enhancement of the cFS framework—improving reliability, expanding capabilities, and ensuring the software remains adaptable to a wide spectrum of mission requirements.


Program Management

Ashok Prajapati, NCSC Chair.

Ashok Prajapati

Program Manager

Steven Hughes, Engineering Technical Authority.

Steven Hughes

Eng. Technical Authority

Romae Young, Senior Advisor.

Romae Young

Senior Advisor

Mark Walters, Chief Engineer.

Mark Walters

Chief Engineer

Team Leads

Richard Landau, Agency cFS Product Development Lead.

Rich Landau

Project Development Lead (PDL)

Dylan Baker, cFS Deputy Product Development Lead.

Dylan Baker

Deputy Project Development Lead (PDL)

Beth Geist, Spacecraft Cybersecurity Lead.

Beth Geist

Spacecraft Cybersecurity Lead

Ariel Walker, cFS Tools & Formal Methods Lead.

Ariel Walker

Tools & Formal Methods Lead

Sara Garcia-Beech, cFS Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) Lead.

Sara Garcia-Beech

Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) Lead

Training Team

Beth Geist, Spacecraft Cybersecurity Lead.

Beth Geist

Training Lead

Alan Cudmore, cFS Subject Matter Expert (SME).

Alan Cudmore

Instructor

Sara Garcia-Beech, cFS Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) Lead.

Sara Garcia-Beech

Instructor

Dylan Baker, cFS Deputy Product Development Lead.

Dylan Baker

Instructor


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The Engineering & Technology Directorate at Goddard designs missions, builds satellites and instruments, operates and controls spacecrafts, and acquires/distributes data to the world-wide science community. ETD data products are used to conduct research in Earth and Space Sciences that benefit both the nation and the world.

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