Delta Velocity’s experience in space transportation systems translates into innovative, lower-cost solutions that work.

Joseph Padavano
President
Mr. Padavano, an aeronautical and astronautical engineering graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, serves as president of the company and leads its program management practice. Mr. Padavano, who has more than 20 years experience in program management, counts among his career highlights: program management for the Mars Ascent portion of a Mars Sample Return study, developing launch vehicle fairing acoustic attenuation technology, the $80 million Taurus launch vehicle development and production program, all technical aspects of the Transfer Orbit Stage program, development of EVA tools for the Palapa/Westar recovery mission, and numerous civil and military satellite programs. Mr. Padavano has received a number of prestigious industry awards for outstanding leadership and achievement.

Warren McCrary
Vice President, Operations
Mr. McCrary holds an engineering degree in applied sciences from Arizona State University and has worked in the industry for more than 20 years. Mr. McCrary’s prior integration, test and operations program experience includes the Orbital Express, Taurus launch vehicle, Gamma Ray Observatory, Orbiting Maneuvering Vehicle, HS-393 communication satellite, Galileo Jupiter Probe and providing support to spaceports in Florida, California, Alaska and Virginia. Mr. McCrary was responsible for the development and successful execution of the austere launch site operations used on the Taurus launch vehicle has been awarded a number of industry awards for his work in this field.

Anthony Austin
Vice President, System Safety and Mission Assurance
Holding both master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Southern California in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Mr. Austin has developed a superior level of expertise in the area of system safety and mission assurance for space launch vehicles. He has relevant experience on all major U.S. launch ranges and has developed and executed the MIL-STD-882 system safety program for the AirLaunch LLC QuickReach vehicle. Mr. Austin also has significant experience on several major launch vehicle programs, including the Taurus launch vehicle, the Delta II, and the X-34. In addition, Mr. Berenberg was responsible for the development and implementation of safety and mission assurance programs at Orbital Sciences' Launch Systems Group, including the ISO 9000 certification of that organization.




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