2017 MILCOM

Dr. Roy Axford, Jr.
Senior Technologist
Wireless Communications, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific


Dr. Axford is Senior Technologist, Wireless Communications at the Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center, Pacific (SSC Pacific) in San Diego, California. He serves as a science, technology, and engineering expert to steer the development of wireless communications for the Navy and the Department of Defense. He was promoted to the rank of Senior Technologist in January 2009 and is currently in his 33rd year of federal service. From 2003 to 2008, Dr. Axford led a team that, through factory communications performance testing, uncovered a flaw in the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Block I payload that would have prevented the use of bandwidth efficient modulations on WGS. The flaw was detected in time for it to be remedied before the launch of the first WGS satellite. Dr. Axford is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the IEEE Communications and Antennas and Propagation Societies. He served as the Technical Chair of the Classified Sessions of the 2008 IEEE Military Communications Conference held in San Diego.

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