Debbie Martínez named deputy director at Langley Research Center

In January 2023, Debbie Martínez was selected as deputy director of the Research Services Directorate at Langley Research Center. She brings more than three decades of experience in aeronautics, project management and cross‑agency collaboration, and previously served as associate project manager for the IASP/Low Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD X‑59/Quesst) and AAVP/Commercial Supersonic Technology (CST) projects.

Martínez completed a one‑year detail as deputy director of the Office of Strategic Analysis, Communications, and Business Development (OSACB), where she led the Strategic Analysis and Integration team. Earlier, she spent six years as execution manager for the Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program (TACP)/Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS) Project, guiding more than 21 research teams across four aeronautics centers to advance concepts such as MADCAT, Learn2FLY, SCEPTOR/X‑57 Maxwell, FUELEAP, Digital Twin and STEReO.

She has also contributed to major science and space missions.

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