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Patrick BinningÌýreceived his MS and PhD degrees from the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the °µÍø½ûÇø; he received his BS in aerospace engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

His graduate work, performed under the direction of Professor George Born through theÌýColorado Center for Astrodynamics Research,Ìýstudied the use of measurements from spaceborne GPS receivers for precise absolute and relative (spacecraft to spacecraft) position and time estimation. He later continued to research and publish on this work while employed by the Naval Research Lab (NRL), culminating in a

Binning’s career began as a coop student in 1989 at the Naval Surface Warfare Center researching missiles for anti-satellite uses. After leaving Boulder, he spent eight years at NRL, then in 2002Ìýbecame a program manager at the National Reconnaissance Office, where he researched new spaceborne applications of intelligence collection.

He was later responsible for program oversight of C4 space programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon, and initiated and served as Program Manager of the Precision Tracking Space System for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

In 2016, BinningÌýwas named Mission Area Executive for National Security Space at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. He and his team have delivered a number of ground-breaking technical missions, including the Spacebased Kill Assessment program for the MDA and the Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept Technology Demonstration for the Space Force.

BinningÌýalso serves as the Program Chair of theÌýÌýat the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. Ìý

In 2020, BinningÌýcreated the Cislunar Security Conference at APL, which brings subject matter experts from government, industry, and academia together to help the nation navigate this strategically critical new frontier. He also helped spearhead the September 2022 selection of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) by the Space Force to host its Professional Military Education (PME) program. For this initiative, Binning provides classified research opportunities to the Space Force, while his Space Systems Engineering program provides space-based STEM electives. ÌýRecently, his APL team was selected as the Technical Consortium lead for the Space Force National Space Test and Training Complex.

Binning’s entire career has been focused on national security through space effects, while finding ways to educate and train the next generation of space engineering leaders for our nation.