Ms. Charlotte Gerhart is the Deputy Program Executive Officer in the Military Communications and Position, Navigation, and Timing (MilComm & PNT) Directorate, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base (LAAFB), CA. As the Deputy she assists the PEO in the development, production, fielding, and maintenance of critical and innovative PNT and SATCOM capabilities supporting all DoD Services, the Civil PNT Stakeholder community, and International Partners.
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, now the USSF Space Systems Command executing a variety of programs in MILSATCOM and Space Based Environmental Monitoring.
Education:
1993 BS Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico 2011 MS Systems Engineering, Naval Post Graduate School
Assignments:
1. 1992-1994, Aerospace Corporation, US Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM
2. 1994-1998, Nichols Research Corporation, US Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM
3. 1998-2007, US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, Albuquerque, NM
4. 2007-2009, Transformational Satellite Program, MILSATCOM Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, LAAFB CA
5. 2009-2018, Wideband SATCOM Division, MILSATCOM Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, LAAFB CA
6. 2018-2019, Space Based Environmental Monitoring Division Chief, Remote Sensing Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, LAAFB CA
7. 2019-2022, Chief, Low Earth Orbit Division, Space Production Corps, Space and Missile Systems Center, LAAFB CA
8. 2022- November 2024, Chief, Tactical SATCOM Acquisition Delta, MilComm & PNT Directorate, Space Systems Command, LAAFB CA
9. December 2024 – present, Deputy Program Executive Officer, MilComm & PNT Directorate, Space Systems Command, LAAFB CA
Major awards and decorations:
2002 Air Force Outstanding Junior Civilian Engineer
2008 SMC/MC Civilian of the Year
2013 AFA Lieutenant General Kenneth W. Schultz Outstanding Program Manager
2014 AFSPC Annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Air Force Outstanding Scientist/Engineer Award winner
