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Federally funded R&D center

The Aerospace Corporation

2019-01-01year known, day not recorded

Federally funded R&D center focused on space systems; employed physicist Eric Davis from 2019-2024. Named by Rep. Eric Burlison in 2026 alongside MITRE and MIT Lincoln Lab as part of the FFRDC ecosystem his UAP records investigation is tracking.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "uap". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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  • ← Kathleen Hicks a reference; no pages of it are held
    elected to its Board of Trustees 11 December 2019; became Deputy Secretary of Defense 9 February 2021
    Deputy Secretaries of Defense 1949-2021
  • ← Eric Davis names a source we do not hold
    worked there 2019-2024
    Official government / corporate service records
  • → MITRE Corporation names a source we do not hold
    both named in Burlison's 2026 FFRDC investigation
    Rep. Eric Burlison 2026 records demand to MITRE (FFRDC investigation)
  • ← Edward "Pete" Aldridge Jr. names a source we do not hold
    CEO / president of The Aerospace Corporation
    Wikipedia: Edward C. Aldridge Jr.

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The Aerospace Corporation → Kathleen Hicks
held a senior role there before returning to the Pentagon
elected to its Board of Trustees 11 December 2019; became Deputy Secretary of Defense 9 February 2021

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Federally Funded Research and Development Center. ADMINISTERS the Aerospace FFRDC; sponsor Department of Defense and Air Force Source: NSF/NCSES Master Government List of FFRDCs, February 2026 list, read 2026-08-21 by web fetch (third provenance grade - not rendered and read by eye).