Brandon Wood

Brandon Wood is the Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations at Stratolaunch. He has been developing prototype aerospace vehicles for nearly 30 years spanning a variety of size, speed, and survivability requirements.

Brandon started his career as a US Air Force Developmental Engineering Officer, first assigned to the Hypersonic Technology (HyTech) Program at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He later developed advanced satellite capabilities for the National Recognizance Office (NRO) and ended his military career leading the flight test of prototype aerospace vehicles vital to national security.

In 2007, Brandon joined Scaled Composites LLC and led a prototype vehicle manufacturing program and served as a flight test engineer on Proteus and White Knight experimental test aircraft supporting multiple payloads and customers. In 2011, he joined Stratolaunch’s Roc carrier aircraft development program as the Integrated Engineering and Analysis Lead, later becoming Test Lead and serving as Test Conductor for first flight.

Brandon holds a B.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. in Aero/Astro Engineering and an M.S. in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.