Bradley King
Senior Staff Engineer | Group 5 UAS Test Lead
- Role
- Flight Test Director at Air Force Research Laboratory
- Location
- Dayton, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bradley King
With over 20 years of experience in program management and flight test in the United…
Experience
Flight Test Director
Jul 2021 — Present · Wright Patterson AFB, OH, US
Leads 2,080 member directorate in flight test planning, execution, and reporting across 11 divisions with a $489M annual portfolio. Directs technical and programmatic reviews with 65 organizations for 35 programs annually across 15 operation locations. Develops and delivers test management training to over 50 personnel annually. Led multi-disciplinary team to design, build, and test a new Group 5 unmanned aircraft valued at $70 million. Collected user stories and defined project scope. Drove integrated master schedule, resource allocation, and budget baseline development. Conducted two Critical Design Reviews, identified program risks, and developed mitigation strategies resulting in on time delivery of prototype aircraft. Designed test strategies for new Autonomous Collaborative Platforms, flight mission autonomy software, and hypersonic vehicle experiments resulting in 176 successful flight tests. Led two multi-national Project Agreements and created a 3-year project roadmap. Orchestrated resource sharing plan to accelerate autonomous aircraft development.
Education
Louisiana State University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering
2000 — 2005
United States Air Force Test Pilot School
Master of Science (M.S.), Flight Test Engineering
2012 — 2012
University of Tennessee Space Institute
Master of Science (MS), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
2007 — 2009
Skills
- Military Experience
- Aerospace Engineering
- U.s. Department of Defense
- Electronic Warfare
- Aviation
- Aircraft
- Aerospace
- Systems Engineering
- Dod
- Security Clearance
- Defense
- Military
- Flight Test
- Air Force
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