Kari A. Bingen
Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Kari A. Bingen is the director of the Aerospace Security Project and a senior fellow in the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She joined CSIS from HawkEye 360, a space technology company. Prior to her work in the private sector, Bingen served as deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, overseeing over 120,000 personnel and a $54 billion annual budget, and as policy director on the House Armed Services Committee and staff lead for its Strategic Forces Subcommittee. Earlier in her career, Bingen worked as a space systems analyst at SRA International's Adroit C4ISR Center and later as a senior space policy analyst at the Aerospace Corporation.
