U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Member Department Profile
Executive Committee Co-Chair
The Honorable Ashton B. Carter
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Additional Leadership
Ms. Teri Takai
Chief Information Officer
The Honorable Michael B. Donley
Secretary of the Air Force
The Honorable Erin C. Conaton
Under Secretary of the Air Force
Mr. Richard W. McKinney
Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space Programs
General William L. Shelton
Commander, Air Force Space Command
Mission
To provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.
Role in Space-Based PNT
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Develops, acquires, operates, sustains, and secures the Global Positioning System (GPS), including both the space and ground segments as well as military user equipment.
- Applies space-based PNT to a broad variety of military operations.
Relevant Units
- Office of the Chief Information Officer
- United States Air Force (USAF)
- United States Navy (USN)
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Homepage
Points of Contact
Ray Swider
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for NII
U.S. Department of Defense
(703) 607-1122