Authors

Warren J. Boord earned a master’s in mechanical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) in 1993, and a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from West Virginia University (WVU) (Morgantown) in 1980. Upon graduation from WVU, Boord was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as a second lieutenant. After separating from the USAF in 1986 as a captain, Boord spent the next 20 years in private industry and is currently with the U.S. Navy. Boord has more than 30 years of defense community experience, supporting the weapon systems acquisitions, scientific and technical intelligence, and military space communities. He has significant systems engineering expertise in the areas of U.S. naval surface combat systems, missile defense systems, weapon systems, satellite systems, and scientific and technical intelligence. His technical expertise includes cruise and ballistic missile defense, weapon and missile systems engineering, and missile threat systems engineering. He has technical expertise in sensors; missile guidance, estimation, navigation, and control; aerodynamics; and propulsion systems. Boord has developed a particular expertise in understanding, modeling, and simulating complex weapon systems and threats and analyzing performance results throughout the entire engagement timeline. His most recent technical publication appears in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics as the coauthor of a paper titled “New approach to guidance law design” (January–February 2005).

John B. Hoffman has more than 30 years of combined antenna, radar, and combat systems engineering experience. This experience includes the Aegis Combat System SPY-1 radar, Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), Cobra Judy Replacement (CJR) Radar, THAAD Radar, and G/ATOR Radar. He received a BSEE from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg) in 1980, and an MSEE from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988. He is currently employed as a systems engineer at Systems Engineering Group, Inc. in Columbia, Maryland, supporting surface navy modeling and simulation efforts that enable shipboard combat system performance characterization in test beds and in at-sea environments.