Senior Mission Effectiveness, Operational Concepts & Threat Analyst
Senior defense analyst supporting a six-month U.S. Army aviation mission engineering study: develops operational concepts, CONOPS/OV-1 graphics, and threat, electronic-warfare, and aviation-survivability assessments alongside M&S engineers. On-site in Newport News, VA; requires an active Secret clearance and 25+ years of Army aviation/defense experience.
- Compensation
- $160K–$175K / yr
- Location
- Newport News, VA
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 25+ years
- Category
- Security
- Posted
Must have
- Active Secret Clearance
- Associate degree in technical, aviation, military science, or related discipline (extensive relevant experience may substitute)
- Minimum 25 years combined military aviation, defense acquisition, operational analysis, aviation survivability, or defense contractor experience
- Significant U.S. Army Aviation operational experience, preferably attack or reconnaissance aviation
- Experience supporting military aviation programs, operational capability assessments, systems integration, or aviation R&D
- Experience developing or evaluating operational concepts, mission objectives, desired effects, and measures of mission effectiveness
- Experience assessing aviation survivability, threat environments, or military operational capabilities
- Experience developing technical reports, operational briefings, and executive-level presentations
- Ability to work independently and with multidisciplinary technical teams
- Strong understanding of Army Aviation operations, mission planning, aircraft survivability, and tactical employment
- Working knowledge of military air-defense threats and electronic warfare
- Ability to translate mission objectives into operational effects and assess capability-effect-outcome relationships
- Ability to interpret technical/analytical results and communicate operational significance
- Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Ability to develop operational graphics, mission diagrams, and technical presentations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Local to the Tidewater/Newport News, VA area
Nice to have
- Former U.S. Army AH-1 or AH-64 aviator, Instructor Pilot, Standardization Pilot, or Master Gunner
- Experience supporting U.S. Army Aviation acquisition or modernization programs (PEO Aviation or PMOs)
- Experience as program integrator, technical advisor, or SETA contractor
- Experience supporting Army Aviation S&T, aviation survivability, mission effectiveness, or operational capability assessments
- Familiarity with Army Aviation Launched Effects, precision fires, electronic warfare, and combined-arms operations
Full description
Start Date: Immediate
JHNA, CTSi, and EXPANSIA have come together to form a Defense Technology platform focused on delivering high-impact technologies, technology-enabled services and advanced manufacturing solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and related national security customers. Backed by Falfurrias Management Partners, the platform brings together deep domain expertise across Army, Navy, and Air Force and Space Force programs, digital engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing capabilities.
The combined organization operates as a multi-entity aerospace and defense technology and tech-enabled services and manufacturing enterprise positioned for scalable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.
OVERVIEW
Full-time Location: The ideal candidate will be local to the Tidewater/Newport News, VA area.
Aether Aerospace is seeking a highly experienced Senior Mission Effectiveness & Operational Concepts Analyst / Threat and Electronic Warfare (EW) Subject Matter Expert to support a six-month military operational analysis and mission engineering study evaluating advanced capabilities in representative U.S. Army aviation and combined-arms environments.
The selected individual will apply extensive military operational and technical experience to develop and evaluate operational concepts, identify desired mission outcomes and the effects necessary to achieve them, and assess the operational implications of emerging military capabilities. The position combines mission effectiveness expertise, operational concept development, aviation survivability and threat/EW assessment, operational graphics, and technical reporting. The individual will work closely with modeling and simulation (M&S) engineers, operations research analysts, and other technical specialists to ensure operational scenarios, analytical assumptions, and study findings are militarily credible and relevant to operational decision-making. This position emphasizes operational expertise and the ability to connect military capabilities and operational activities to desired effects and mission outcomes rather than performing detailed statistical analysis or simulation development.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Mission Effectiveness and Operational Concept Development
- Develop and assess operational concepts that identify desired mission outcomes, the
- effects required to achieve those outcomes, and the capabilities and operational activities necessary to generate those effects.
- Apply military operational experience to establish mission objectives, desired end states, operational conditions, and criteria for mission success.
- Identify relationships among friendly-force actions, adversary responses, desired effects, and overall mission accomplishment.