Travis Langster, vice president and general manager of COMSPOC, will move from the space traffic management services provider to the Department of Defense to assume the post of principal director of DOD space policy, SpaceNews reported Monday.
He will serve within the office of the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space and missile defense, which is held by John Hill, the principal director for space policy from 2013 to 2021.
Specifically, Langster will work at the office of the assistant secretary of defense for space policy and support its mission of overseeing space, nuclear weapons, electromagnetic warfare and other components of its portfolio.
The incoming DOD official has over 25 years of space and business experience, according to his LinkedIn profile. He served as VP at Analytical Graphics Inc. before launching its COMSPOC business unit in 2019.
