Derek Tournear

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  1. "Derek Tournear named permanent director of the Space Development Agency". SpaceNews. October 28, 2019.
  2. "Space Development Agency Gets First Permanent Director". U.S. Department of Defense.
  3. "Derek M. Tournear, Ph.D." www.defense.gov.
  4. "Non-quiescent X-ray emission from neutron stars and black holes" (PDF). www.slac.stanford.edu.
  5. Tournear, D. M.; Hoffbauer, M. A.; Akhadov, E. A.; Chen, A. T.; Pendleton, S. J.; Williamson, T. L.; Cha, K. C.; Epstein, R. I. (April 14, 2008). "Gamma-ray waveguides". Applied Physics Letters. 92 (15). Bibcode:2008ApPhL..92o3502T. doi:10.1063/1.2905280.[ non-primary source needed ]
  6. Horansky, R.D.; Ullom, J.N.; Beall, J.A.; Doriese, W.B.; Duncan, W.D.; Ferreira, L.; Hilton, G.C.; Irwin, K.D.; Reintsema, C.D.; Vale, L.R.; Zink, B.L.; Hoover, A.; Rudy, C.R.; Tournear, D.M.; Vo, D.T.; Rabin, M.W. (August 2007). "Superconducting absorbers for use in ultra-high resolution gamma-ray spectrometers based on low temperature microcalorimeter arrays". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 579 (1): 169–172. Bibcode:2007NIMPA.579..169H. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.032.[ non-primary source needed ]
  7. "Derek Tournear: Department of Physics and Astronomy: Purdue University".
  8. "DARPA MOIRE Concept". December 5, 2013.
  9. "'Sandblaster' Gives Helicopter Pilots Hope for Safer Landings". Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  10. "Harris says first cubesat performing well in orbit". December 12, 2018.
  11. "Harris pivots from hosted payloads to small satellite". August 9, 2017.
  12. "US Patent for Space asset tracker Patent (Patent # 10,484,082 issued November 19, 2019) - Justia Patents Search".
  13. "Space Development Agency – Increasing Warfighters' Lethality, Maneuverability, and Survivability". www.sda.mil. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  14. "Space Force Association presents inaugural Spacepower Awards to key leaders in the space domain". KRON4 (Press release). Space Force Association. EIN Presswire. February 15, 2024.
  15. "Announcing the 2023 DefenseScoop 50". DefenseScoop.
  16. "Aviation Week Announces 2022 Laureate Award Winners | Aviation Week Network".
  17. "HCI - Human Capital Initiatives".
  18. "Tournear Honored with AFA's W. Stuart Symington Award". September 17, 2024.
  19. "Government Executive Announces the Winners of the 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Awards".
  20. "SDA Director Derek Tournear Receives First Wash100 Award; Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted". March 5, 2021.
  21. Measley (October 5, 2023). "SDA director blasts critics inside DOD bureaucracy who don't like his 'bad cop' attitude". DefenseScoop.
  22. "How the Pentagon's True Space Maverick Became the Soldier's Best Friend – Space Development Agency".
  23. Hitchens (January 22, 2025). "EXCLUSIVE: Viasat bid protest at heart of DoD investigation of SDA head Tournear". Breaking Defense.
  24. Erwin (January 16, 2025). "Space Force procurement official removed amid investigation". SpaceNews.
  25. "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Nominee Testifies Before Senate Committee". www.cramer.senate.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  26. Bogaisky (February 20, 2025). "Trump Wants The Next Generation Of Military Satellites. Pentagon Turmoil Is Endangering That". Forbes.
  27. Erwin (April 14, 2025). "Derek Tournear to return as Space Development Agency director after investigation". SpaceNews.
  28. Hitchens (April 14, 2025). "EXCLUSIVE: Derek Tournear reinstated as Space Development Agency director". Breaking Defense.
  29. Hadley (April 14, 2025). "Tournear Reinstated as SDA Director After Investigation". Air & Space Forces Magazine.
  30. Albon (April 14, 2025). "Space Development Agency director reinstated after three-month review". Defense News.
Derek Tournear
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Official portrait, 2019
Director of the Space Development Agency
Assumed office
April 17, 2025