David Davis, chief systems engineer for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, is exploring the implications the military's focus on resilience will have on satellite building and testing. Credit: SMC

For more than three decades, David Davis has worked at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) in El Segundo, Calif., rising through the ranks to become the Systems Engineering Division chief in 2005. In that role, he pays close attention to the health of the space industrial base, and in particular to the suppliers who provide raw materials and critical subcomponents for the Air Force’s missiles and GPS, surveillance and communications satellites.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...