Ted Daisey started his career at Wallops in 1997 after graduating with a BS in Mathematics from Salisbury University.  Later Ted earned an MS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).  Ted has worked in the Wallops Systems Software Engineering Branch (Code 589) for the past 27 years.  He has served as Software Product Development Lead (PDL) on many projects, including Range Data Systems, Small Satellite missions, and Suborbital Avionics upgrades. As a senior engineer at Wallops Ted regularly serves as a flight and ground software Subject Matter Expert (SME) on various panels, review boards, and Mission Planning Lab (MPL) studies.

In FY23 and FY24 Ted was awarded funding, through Goddard’s Internal Research and Development (IRAD) program, to investigate utilizing cFS on low-cost Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) processors.  The goal was to demonstrate a viable, cost effective, flight computer option for suborbital platforms at Wallops. The result was the Wallops Flight Facility Compute Module 4 (WFFCM4). The WFFCM4 is based on the Raspberry Pi CM4 and includes a custom Input/Output (I/O) board specifically designed to support Wallops missions. The WFFCM4 is now being utilized as part of an effort to modernize the avionics system on NASA scientific balloons.  The Comprehensive Avionics System for Balloons (CASBa), with the WFFCM4 and cFS providing Command & Data Handling (C&DH) capability, completed a successful test flight in August 2024 from Fort Sumner, NM. The second CASBa test flight is slated for August 2025, also from Fort Sumner. In addition to CASBa, the WFFCM4 is planned to fly on a NASA Sounding Rocket technology demonstration mission in the spring of 2026. The WFFCM4 will demonstrate “Store and Forward” capability on the SubTEC-10 mission. The WFFCM4 was also selected to be used by the Wallops Hosted Payload Module (WHAM) project. WHAM is currently in the early concept phase.