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 Cambridge, MA
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Joined November 2010
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Jennifer Santos, Draper's Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, will join UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen and two senior biotech and defense executives as part of the UMass Lowell Women's Leadership Conference to be held June 12 at 8:30 am. #womensleadership #WLC
Promotional image for the UMass Lowell Women's Leadership Conference.

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Thank you to @NASA_Technology for flying Draper’s Multi-Environment Navigator, or DMEN, aboard New Shepard to improve terrain-relative navigation for future landings on the Moon and other planets. Proud to support Commercial Lunar Payload Services and this program.
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We're testing new technologies to stick the landing on planetary surfaces with challenging terrain! Over 4 months, 4 precision landing systems flew on 4 different vehicles, gathering key data for safer, more accurate landings for future missions. More: go.nasa.gov/4kjfSKQ
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Draper successfully tested its Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) capabilities including an advanced airborne celestial navigation system (CNS). The airborne CNS is part of Draper’s APNT product portfolio. #PNT #celestialnavigation draper.com/media-center/news…
Photo of Draper's airborne CNS system mounted to the flight test aircraft with a fairing.

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Draper will be leading eight sessions at this week's Joint Navigation Conference. Rebecca Russell will also present a technical paper, Machine Learning Uncertainty Modeling for Robust Vision-Based Navigation at All Altitudes, on June 3 (Session F6). ion.org/jnc/index.cfm
A listing of JNC25 sessions chaired by Draper employees.

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Major Eric Sher (USAF Reserve), Program Manager, Air Force Strategic Systems, was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) for his significant contributions to National Defense as a USAF Reserve Officer from 2021-2024. Congratulations Eric!
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Draper recently hosted the the 2025 Honors & Awards event for the New England chapter of The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The keynote speaker was AIAA President and MIT Professor Daniel E. Hastings. #AIAA #Aeronautics #Astronautics
Photo of Dan Hastings speaking at AIAA New England Honors & Awards Event for 2025

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The Joint Navigation Conference is the largest U.S. military Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) conference of the year. Draper will chair 8 sessions at this year's JNC. Rebecca Russell will also present a technical paper on June 3 (Session F6). ion.org/jnc/index.cfm
A list of sessions chaired by Draper at JNC25.

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Today we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice is the foundation of the freedoms we hold dear and reminds us of the true cost of liberty. We are forever grateful for their unwavering commitment to our nation. #MemorialDay
We honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country.

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Meet Dexter Hicks, a U.S. Army veteran and current team member in Draper’s Supplier Management group. With 21 years of service and multiple overseas deployments, Dexter now brings the same integrity and leadership to Draper through the SkillBridge program. #Veterans #SkillBridge
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Draper's Kevin R. Duda, Ph.D., joins the National Academies' Panel on Human and Biological Science in support of the committee prioritizing key non-polar destinations on the moon for human exploration. #nationalacademies #lunarexploration tinyurl.com/2rxfyt5j
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Draper welcomed 240 children for Bring Your Kid to Work Day across our Draper campuses in Cambridge, Reston, Huntsville, Clearfield, Utah, Florida’s Blue Heron site, and the Advanced Package Facility. It was a day packed with hands-on learning, laughter, and connection.
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Draper's co-op internship program offers academic credit and hands-on experience to students from across the country. This year's Capstone exhibit featured 10 projects completed by 42 undergraduate students from 7 universities. Congratulations to the 2025 Capstone participants!
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In honor of Military Appreciation Month, Draper spotlights Todd Cloutier, a former U.S. Army Infantryman who brings battlefield-tested leadership and a mission-first mindset to his role in cybersecurity. We proudly honor and thank all who have served. #MilitaryAppreciationMonth
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Join us in celebrating National Space Day! Learn more about Draper's space programs, including our lunar mission (CP-12) and technologies for space navigation, in-space servicing assembly and manufacturing (ISAM), and space domain awareness and control. draper.com/market-areas/spac…
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Draper was named a member of the Intel Foundry Chiplet Alliance yesterday at Intel Foundry #DirectConnect. The Chiplet Alliance will provide a path for customers looking to deploy interoperable and secure chiplet solutions for targeted applications and markets. #IntelFoundry
Draper employees at Intel Foundry Direct Connect included: (left to right) Mike Cassidy, Andy Mueller, Jeremiah Johnson, Brent Hollsi, and Sarah Leeper.

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Draper nominees for this year's prestigious Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Stellar Awards were: Jimmy Jang (Late Career Award); Matt Fritz (Mid-Career Award); and the Draper Stratolaunch Talon-A Guidance, Navigation, and Control Team. tinyurl.com/ynvahks9
Draper Attendees at the 2025 RNASA Space Achievement Awards Gala. (Left to right: Jimmy Jang, Matt Fritz, Hailee Hettrick, Rick Loffi and Chris Boger.)

ALT Draper Attendees at the 2025 RNASA Space Achievement Awards Gala. (Left to right: Jimmy Jang, Matt Fritz, Hailee Hettrick, Rick Loffi and Chris Boger.)

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Draper is prepared to partner with the FDA and other government agencies to advance the use of microphysiological systems and in silico computer models as an alternative to animal testing in the discovery, evaluation and approval of treatments and vaccines tinyurl.com/56npnrpt
A cutaway image of Draper's PREDICT96 microphysiological systems (MPS) platform.

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Tuesday was a beautiful day to break ground on Draper's new Engineering, Innovation and Development facility at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. In addition to Governor Cox and Congressman Moore, we would like to thank our partners across Utah. tinyurl.com/bdhz5ead
Left to right: Col Daniel L. Cornelius, USAF; Utah Governor Spencer Cox; U.S. Congressman Blake Moore; Maj Gen Kenyon K. Bell, USAF; Julia Laurenzano MacDonough, Draper; Jerry Wohletz, Draper; Paul Hendrickson, Ph.D., Draper; Col Joseph Hank, USAF; Taylor Woodbury, Woodbury Corp; and Mark Dalton, Hunt Cos

ALT Left to right: Col Daniel L. Cornelius, USAF; Utah Governor Spencer Cox; U.S. Congressman Blake Moore; Maj Gen Kenyon K. Bell, USAF; Julia Laurenzano MacDonough, Draper; Jerry Wohletz, Draper; Paul Hendrickson, Ph.D., Draper; Col Joseph Hank, USAF; Taylor Woodbury, Woodbury Corp; and Mark Dalton, Hunt Cos

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Draper held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new building at Hill Air Force Base (AFB) in Utah. The building expands Draper’s presence at the base and brings the company’s research and engineering capabilities closer to its customers in the region. tinyurl.com/bdhz5ead
Architectural rendering of Draper's new Engineering, Innovation and Development facility to be built at Hill Air Force Base.

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A new study will use Draper’s PREDICT96 MPS and other cross-cutting engineering technologies to improve the scientific understanding of how filoviruses attack human tissues. Draper has partnered with the BU NEIDL with support from BARDA. tinyurl.com/3rfaexsk
Draper’s SCIFI project (center panel) will provide an important test bed for modeling the complex immune/vascular interaction in a relevant endothelial cell environment during filovirus infection. SCIFI will focus on modeling infection and pathology in select immune cells and within the blood vessels.

ALT Draper’s SCIFI project (center panel) will provide an important test bed for modeling the complex immune/vascular interaction in a relevant endothelial cell environment during filovirus infection. SCIFI will focus on modeling infection and pathology in select immune cells and within the blood vessels.
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