Brian T. Bone is the principal director of the Commercial Space Futures Office at The Aerospace Corporation. In this role, Bone applies his more than 25 years of experience within the space industry to lead the implementation of Aerospace’s commercial space strategy, encompassing the development of several integrated strategic offerings to support the evolving commercial space industry and wider U.S. space ecosystem. He is also an external-facing ambassador, establishing valuable relationships with government agencies, the commercial space industrial base, and the private capital community to accelerate the adoption of commercial capabilities into U.S. government space architectures.
Previously, Bone served as the director of Strategy and Business Development at the U.S. federal subsidiary of a successful space infrastructure services startup, where he was responsible for devising and executing technical and business strategies across multiple dual-use areas, including remote sensing; communications; the Internet of Things; cloud and edge computing; positioning, navigation, and timing; and artificial intelligence/machine learning. He also co-led the creation of that company’s U.S. federal subsidiary, responsible for adapting commercial products and services to the needs of U.S. government space agencies.
Prior to that, Bone was a director in the space sector of a publicly traded, diversified aerospace and defense firm. There, his focus was on developing strategies for digitally enabled integrated satellite ground solutions for the Department of Defense, allied defense, and intelligence community customers.
Bone is a retired member of the U.S. Air Force, having served in several roles in space acquisition, space experimentation, satellite and ground segment operations, and strategic planning.
Education
Bone earned a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a master’s degree in systems engineering from the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering.
