The Aerospace Corporation

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The Aerospace Corporation

Company type	Nonprofit organization
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	June 3, 1960 (1960-06-03)
Headquarters	Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Key people	Steve Isakowitz (President and CEO) Paul Selva (Chairman)
Revenue	US$1.29 billion (FY2023)
Number of employees	4,500+
Website	aerospace.org

The Aerospace Corporation is an American nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in El Segundo, California. The corporation provides technical guidance and advice on all aspects of space missions to military, civil, and commercial customers.^[1] As the FFRDC for national-security space, Aerospace works closely with organizations such as the United States Space Force (USSF) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to provide "objective technical analyses and assessments for space programs that serve the national interest". Although the USSF and NRO are the primary customers, Aerospace also performs work for civil agencies such as NASA and NOAA as well as international organizations and governments in the national interest.^[2]