General James B. Armor

Maj. Gen. Jim Armor, USAF (Ret) is the Staff Vice President, Washington Operations for Orbital ATK, Inc. in Arlington, VA. Preceding this position he was
the VP for Strategy and Business Development at ATK, Space Systems Division, Beltsville, MD, where he was responsible for market development of small,
responsive satellites, satellite components and related engineering services.There he helped to establish an entirely new commercial space market in on-orbit
satellite servicing, as well as engineering systems supporting NASA and DARPA space robotics. Prior to joining ATK, he was the Founder and CEO of The Armor
Group, LLC, which provided consulting support to strategy, development, and operations of government and commercial space systems. He is currently on
the Board of Advisors to the Secure World Foundation advocating international sustainable space policies, and on the Board of Directors of NAVSYS Corp, a
small, woman owned navigation & guidance R&D company in Colorado Springs, CO. He served 34 years in the Air Force in a variety of space command and staff
positions including Director of the NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office, Director of Acquisition and Operations for Signals Intelligence at the National Reconnaissance
Office (NRO), and as a military payload specialist for the Space Shuttle. He served as the Director of the National Security Space Office in the Office of the
Under Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon, where he was responsible for coordinating all defense and intelligence space activities, before retiring in January
2008. He has been a member of several National Research Council Studies including the NASA Technology Roadmap Review; Rationale & Goals for US
Civil Space Program; and AF Scientific, Technical, Engineering and Math (STEM) Workforce Needs. He is an associate fellow of AIAA, and is the winner of the
Satellite Industry Association 2007 Satellite Leadership in Government Award, the National Space Society 2008 Space Pioneer Award for Space Development, and the AIAA 2012 Von Braun Award for Space Program Leadership.