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Todd M. Nygren is the senior vice president of the Engineering and Technology Group (ETG) at
The Aerospace Corporation. ETG comprises nearly half of the corporation’s technical staff,
providing support to all national security space programs in the areas of space and launch
vehicles, electronics and sensors, computers and software, communications and networking, and
systems engineering and architecting. The organization also includes the corporate physical
sciences laboratories and the corporate research portfolio. Nygren was elected to this position in
April 2020.
Previously, Nygren was general manager of the Corporate Chief Engineer’s Office (CCEO) and
corporate chief engineer at Aerospace. In this role, he was responsible for leading efforts within
the corporation and externally to advance mission assurance practices, identify improvements in
engineering developments and practices, engage with industry and senior customers, and
accelerate the growth of new architectures and capabilities in the national security space
enterprise with a special focus on integrating the space enterprise. In addition to his role as the
corporate chief engineer, Nygren established the corporation’s inaugural support to the portfolio
architect as part of the Space and Missile Systems Center 2.0 initiative, with key goals of
establishing integrated architectures that can outpace the threat.
Nygren joined Aerospace as a summer hire in 1985, and then, as a member of the technical staff
in 1987. He held positions of varying responsibility in the MILSATCOM Division, culminating
in 2002 as principal director, EHF Systems, where he oversaw the program definition and
eventual development of the AEHF space, ground control, and mission planning elements; the
Enhanced Polar Systems; and sustainment of the legacy Milstar system. Nygren then served as
general manager in the Systems Engineering Division and the Development Planning and
Architecture Division. |
