| DULLES,
Va.--
April 8,
2004/Satnews/ Orbital Sciences
Corporation (NYSE:ORB) today announced that Brent Collins has joined
the company as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager for
Operations in the Launch Systems Group. In this position, Collins will
help lead Orbital's efforts in missile defense-related target programs
and space launch systems for the national security, civil and
commercial markets. Collins has 35 years of experience in space and
missile systems during which he served as an active duty officer and
in civil service positions for the U.S. Air Force and in increasingly
responsible positions in the private sector.
Prior to joining Orbital, Mr. Collins
worked for The Boeing Company as Chief Engineer for the Ground-Based
Midcourse Defense (GMD) system interceptor program and as Chief
Technologist for Boeing's Missile Defense Systems unit. Before joining
Boeing, Mr. Collins spent 32 years in service with the U.S. Air Force,
attaining the active duty rank of Colonel and subsequently serving as
a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service. His military
service culminated in a 4-year period at the Pentagon during which he
served as the Deputy Mission Area Director for Space Acquisition
Programs, directing the planning and budgeting for Air Force satellite
and space launch systems programs on the Air Staff. Mr. Collins also
served as the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space at the
Pentagon where he was responsible for managing the cost, schedule and
performance of a $4 billion portfolio of programs. These included the
Global Positioning System and the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
programs, as well as military communications satellites, ballistic
missile warning satellites and the U.S. ICBM systems.
Collins received a B.S. degree in
Engineering Mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a M.S.
degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He is also a graduate of the Defense Systems
Management College.
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