2025 Annual Report | The Aerospace Corporation

Mar 23, 2026

A Letter from the President and CEO, and the Chair of the Board

Amidst a rapidly changing space environment, The Aerospace Corporation continues to fulfill its role as a trusted partner, leveraging our unparalleled technical expertise to rapidly deliver capabilities that impact the mission and secure our nation’s leadership. We encourage you to learn more about the many ways Aerospace is making a difference for the nation’s space programs in our 2025 Annual Report.

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Keeping Our Nation Safe

Spoon Bender Readies Players to Outpace the Threat

Aerospace plays a critical role in bridging operations and engineering to ensure space superiority as threats evolve.

Keeping Pace with a Rapidly Evolving Acquisition Landscape

Explore scaling innovation to strengthen national and allied defense in this episode of the Space Policy Show, hosted through Aerospace's Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

Aerospace Experts Are Turning Data into Decisions

Aerospace recently assembled a group called the Spectrum Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Awareness, and Response (SPEAR) Team to collect and examine data, informing actionable responses to disruption events.

Introducing Kickstage, your new source for all the latest from Aerospace

Aerospace has a lot going on, today and since the dawn of the first space age. To keep up, we've launched Kickstage, the one-stop shop for the latest news about our work across everything from commercial space, government agencies and programs, scientific and policy research and more.

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Aerospace Helps Achieve 3-Month Turnaround for Space Force Launch

Orbital launches are now planned and executed faster than you could even pick a date in the old days. But that doesn't mean they're any less complicated.

Aerospace ‘Riskgaming’ Exercise Swaps Government and Industry Roles To Spur Collaboration

Aerospace hosted the Space Transformation Summit, convening government leaders, commercial space companies, and defense officials all interested in working better together. As part of that event, a small group took part of the morning to participate in what's called a "riskgaming" exercise.

Deploying AI for Space Operations Requires a Methodical Approach

AI systems are being deployed left and right, but putting AI to work in space operations is a considerably more complex endeavor. A new paper outlines why and offers a few options for how development might proceed.

Accelerating the Space Industrial Base

Enabling New Capabilities

Overcoming the Flight-Proven Paradox: How Aerospace is Advancing Commercial Innovation

By leveraging certified space testbeds and proving grounds, commercial developers can build trust in innovative space capabilities and accelerate their path to deployment to space.

Simulating Cislunar Space: Why Experts Want to Construct a Digital Moon

Experts at Aerospace are designing a digital replica of the cislunar space environment that can serve as a foundational tool for collaborative innovation across the space community.

DiskSat Nears Flight Readiness for NASA Demo

DiskSat's first on-orbit mission will inform the development of small satellite architectures for longer-duration vLEO operations, opening new possibilities for commercial, civil and national security space applications.

Aerospace Drives AI Integration to Advance U.S. Leadership in Space

Aerospace is leveraging advancements in artificial intelligence to more effectively connect across government and industry, enabling more data-driven insights that support mission-critical decisions.

Introducing Tech Talk

Tech Talks brings you inside the work of Aerospace’s top technical minds—showcasing how we anticipate emerging threats, develop cutting-edge solutions and enable capabilities that ensure space and national security missions remain safe, connected and resilient. We explore some of the most pressing challenges in space and national security, shedding light on how threats emerge, how technology is evolving and how innovation is driving real-world solutions.

Connecting Missions End-to-End

Forging End-to-End Connections that Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Space

Aerospace aligns stakeholders across the space enterprise to advance the National Security Space Launch program mission.

Aerospace and NASA Technologies Provide Novel Framework for Autonomous Navigation

From Earth’s orbit to the Moon and beyond, Aerospace is redefining what’s possible — one signal at a time.

Aerospace Supports Landmark NISAR: A New Era in Global Earth

DiskSat's first on-orbit mission will inform the development of small satellite architectures for longer-duration vLEO operations, opening new possibilities for commercial, civil and national security space applications.

Aerospace Joins the Search for Life on Jupiter’s Mysterious Moon

NASA’s Europa Clipper, supported by Aerospace expertise, is journeying to Jupiter’s moon Europa to investigate its icy shell, hidden ocean and potential for life.

The Brightest Minds of Today

Solving the nation’s hardest problems means recruiting and retaining the brightest minds available. Our collective expertise spans from math, chemistry, and physics to mechanical, aeronautical and electrical engineering, drawn from private industry, academia and government talent pools.

More than two-thirds of Aerospace’s technical staff hold advanced degrees, with more than 800 holding a Ph.D. in their respective fields.

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Commitment to Our People

Innovation Spotlight Series

Innovation can be found across all aspects of Aerospace. Peek into our labs to explore the promising new research and hear about the day-to-day roles of our people in their own words.

Aerospace Cares

Aerospace has been committed to strengthening the communities where our people work and live since our inception, with employees consistently contributing resources, time and donations to educational and community programs.

Aerospace Connects Cadets With Cutting Edge Research

Aerospace participated in the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Cadet Summer Research Program exemplifying our commitment to supporting our government partners.

Support Where It's Needed Most

Aerospace works side by side with our customers wherever they are, staffing more than two dozen locations across 11 states, anchored by our two largest campuses in Chantilly, Virginia, and El Segundo, California.

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Celebrating 65 Years: The Story of The Aerospace Corporation

For over 65 years, The Aerospace Corporation has been the United States government's trusted partner in space.

2025 marked the 65th anniversary of Aerospace's founding. Celebrations at facilities across the country highlighted the company’s rich history of solving the nation’s hardest problems in space and fostered optimism for the future of space.
The annual Aerospace Summer Games in the Los Angeles area brings together local aerospace and aviation companies for some friendly competition.
The expansion of Aerospace’s Crystal City Space Enterprise Collaboration Center in the Washington D.C. area allows Aerospace to continue meeting the rising need for innovative solutions across the space industry.
U.S. Space Force Col. Scott Klempner delivers the keynote for the Aerospace Testing Seminar. This event brings engineers together to share their experiences, discover new methods and procedures, and learn how others are coping with designing and implementing cost effective and affordable test programs.
Members of Aerospace's Board of Trustees toured some of the many state-of-the-art lab spaces at Aerospace's El Segundo campus. Aerospace is home to more than 80 specialized laboratories to test, analyze, and troubleshoot virtually every aspect of rocket and satellite systems.
Attendees learn and share ideas on new concepts and approaches to solving technical challenges for space at the Ground Systems Architecture Workshop, hosted by Aerospace.
Aerospace’s interns across the country gain real-world experience, are mentored by world renowned experts in their fields and take responsibility for projects that matter.
Aerospace’s first ever AI Demo Day highlighted how teams across Aerospace are advancing AI capabilities. The sessions highlighted the breadth of work underway and how cross-team collaboration can contribute to greater mission impact.
Aerospace celebrated the accomplishments and retirement of former CEO and president, Steve Isakowitz.
Aerospace partnered with AIAA, Space Foundation and Tech Crunch to host the Space Transformation Summit, offering dynamic discussions and insightful panels on collaborating to shape the future of the space enterprise for the better.
Developed by a team at Aerospace, the pizza-shaped DiskSat is an alternative approach to small satellites. These novel satellites create rapid manufacturing and accelerate tech transfer across the space enterprise.
Aerospace employees find opportunities throughout the year to make an impact on their communities through volunteerism and donations.
Aerospace is actively prioritizing leadership development to strengthen the company’s role in providing mission assurance and solutions across national security, civilian and commercial sectors.
Aerospace invited employees’ children and grandchildren to campuses nationwide for Take Your Kid To Work Day to share how exciting a career in space can be.

We Make Space Work

A Letter from the President and CEO, and the Chair of the Board

Keeping Our Nation Safe

Spoon Bender Readies Players to Outpace the Threat

Aerospace plays a critical role in bridging operations and engineering to ensure space superiority as threats evolve.

Keeping Pace with a Rapidly Evolving Acquisition Landscape

Explore scaling innovation to strengthen national and allied defense in this episode of the Space Policy Show, hosted through Aerospace's Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

Aerospace Experts Are Turning Data into Decisions

Aerospace recently assembled a group called the Spectrum Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Awareness, and Response (SPEAR) Team to collect and examine data, informing actionable responses to disruption events.

Introducing Kickstage, your new source for all the latest from Aerospace

Aerospace Helps Achieve 3-Month Turnaround for Space Force Launch

Orbital launches are now planned and executed faster than you could even pick a date in the old days. But that doesn't mean they're any less complicated.

Aerospace ‘Riskgaming’ Exercise Swaps Government and Industry Roles To Spur Collaboration

Aerospace hosted the Space Transformation Summit, convening government leaders, commercial space companies, and defense officials all interested in working better together. As part of that event, a small group took part of the morning to participate in what's called a "riskgaming" exercise.

Deploying AI for Space Operations Requires a Methodical Approach

AI systems are being deployed left and right, but putting AI to work in space operations is a considerably more complex endeavor. A new paper outlines why and offers a few options for how development might proceed.

Accelerating the Space Industrial Base

Enabling New Capabilities

Overcoming the Flight-Proven Paradox: How Aerospace is Advancing Commercial Innovation

By leveraging certified space testbeds and proving grounds, commercial developers can build trust in innovative space capabilities and accelerate their path to deployment to space.

Simulating Cislunar Space: Why Experts Want to Construct a Digital Moon

Experts at Aerospace are designing a digital replica of the cislunar space environment that can serve as a foundational tool for collaborative innovation across the space community.

DiskSat Nears Flight Readiness for NASA Demo

DiskSat's first on-orbit mission will inform the development of small satellite architectures for longer-duration vLEO operations, opening new possibilities for commercial, civil and national security space applications.

Aerospace Drives AI Integration to Advance U.S. Leadership in Space

Introducing Tech Talk

Connecting Missions End-to-End

Connecting Missions End-to-End

Forging End-to-End Connections that Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Space

Aerospace aligns stakeholders across the space enterprise to advance the National Security Space Launch program mission.

Aerospace and NASA Technologies Provide Novel Framework for Autonomous Navigation

From Earth’s orbit to the Moon and beyond, Aerospace is redefining what’s possible — one signal at a time.

Aerospace Supports Landmark NISAR: A New Era in Global Earth

DiskSat's first on-orbit mission will inform the development of small satellite architectures for longer-duration vLEO operations, opening new possibilities for commercial, civil and national security space applications.

Aerospace Joins the Search for Life on Jupiter’s Mysterious Moon

The Brightest Minds of Today

Commitment to Our People

Commitment to Our People

Innovation Spotlight Series

Innovation can be found across all aspects of Aerospace. Peek into our labs to explore the promising new research and hear about the day-to-day roles of our people in their own words.

Aerospace Cares

Aerospace has been committed to strengthening the communities where our people work and live since our inception, with employees consistently contributing resources, time and donations to educational and community programs.

Aerospace Connects Cadets With Cutting Edge Research

Aerospace participated in the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Cadet Summer Research Program exemplifying our commitment to supporting our government partners.

Support Where It's Needed Most

Celebrating 65 Years: The Story of The Aerospace Corporation