NASA Names New Dryden Flight Research Center Director
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WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has named David D.
McBride director of the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center on
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
"David has done a terrific job as the acting Dryden director, and I am
pleased he will be continuing as director," Bolden said. "David's
expertise, leadership and flight research acumen will benefit NASA
and the entire aerospace community."
McBride will direct all aspects of facility management, strategy and
operations at Dryden, one of NASA's 10 field centers. McBride became
Dryden's acting director on April 4, 2009, upon the retirement of
former center director Kevin L. Petersen. He also served as Dryden's
deputy director since June 8, 2008, first in an acting capacity
before his official appointment on Jan. 4, 2009.
McBride's prior management assignments at Dryden include serving as
associate director for programs, a role overseeing the complete
portfolio of center projects supporting exploration, science, and
aeronautics.
He also managed NASA's Flight Research Program at Dryden. The program
conducted flight research that expanded aerospace knowledge and
capabilities. Activities included the record-breaking flight of the
solar-powered Helios aircraft, the Active Aeroelastic Wing flight
project and the revolutionary Intelligent Flight Control System,
demonstrating adaptive neural network flight control systems.
McBride began his career at Dryden as a cooperative education student
in 1982, specializing in digital flight control systems analysis. He
earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from
the University of New Mexico in 1985 and an executive Masters of
Business Administration from the University of New Mexico in 1998.
For McBride's biography, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/
For more information about Dryden, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/dryden
Source: NASA
