Deputy Program Executive Officer for the Military Communication and Positioning, Navigation and Timing Directorate
Organization
US Space Systems Command
Ms. Charlotte Gerhart is the Deputy Portfolio Acquisition Executive (DPAE) for Satelitte Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (SATCOM & PNT), Space Systems Command, Los Angeles AFB, CA. As the DPAE, she manages and oversees development, production, delivery, and maintenance of critical multiservice and multinational SATCOM & PNT systems worth more than 22.3 billion dollars. She provides enterprise-wide leadership that guides daily operations and policy implementation through strategic thinking and decision-making. She builds and leads high-performance teams to manage, implement, and deliver complex space systems across 10 ACAT I, one ACAT II, three ACAT III, three Software Pathway, one MTA, and numerous other acquisition programs.
Ms. Gerhart began her US Government service career in 1998 at the US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland AFB, NM. In 2007 she moved to the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, LAAFB CA, which became the US Space Force Space Systems Command where she executed a variety of programs in Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) and Space Based Environmental Monitoring.
