Corey Whittington
Emerging Aviation Advisor
- Role
- Deputy Director at Grandsky
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Corey Whittington
I help organizations bridge the gap between innovative technologies and real-world mission needs in aerospace, defense, and advanced mobility. With over 18 years of experience, I’ve worked across the U.S. Army, Big Four Consulting, and industry roles leading strategy, capture, and operations for UAS, counter-UAS, and airspace integration programs. My background spans launching a DHS cUAS operational airport testbed, supporting homeland security technology scouting, and building strategies for mission partners to safely access the National Airspace System with emerging aviation. Most recently, I led business development at a consulting firm, where I drove UAS market entry in healthcare and served successfully as the capture manager for a $120M+ NASA Air Traffic Management emerging technologies contract. Today, through Verelien Strategies, I focus on helping companies and agencies align compliance, capture, and operational strategies—ensuring new capabilities in autonomy and uncrewed systems can be demonstrated, adopted, and operationalized.
Experience
Deputy Director
Sep 2025 — Present · Grand Forks, ND, US
Program Management for the DoD\'s Project ULTRA (UAS Logistics, Traffic, Response and Autonomy), designed to enhance the operational capabilities of unmanned logistics transport and of airspace awareness and traffic management technologies. The program focuses on demonstrating BVLOS UAS operations for military supply chain resilience, particularly in austere or contested environments where traditional logistics face constraints.
Education
University of Rhode Island
B.A., Journalism
2002 — 2006
Skills
- Military
- Army
- Command
- Leadership
- Government
- Training
- Management
- Analysis
- Logistics
- Budgets
- Recruiting
- Exercises
- Security Clearance
- Military Operations
- Dod
- Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Risk Management
- Project Management
- Program Management
- Intelligence Analysis
- Internet Explorer
- Leadership Development
- Logistics Management
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Operational Planning
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