{"id":623760,"date":"2024-02-28T16:39:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=623760"},"modified":"2024-02-28T19:42:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T00:42:29","slug":"bruce-a-lipe","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/bruce-a-lipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce A. Lipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Portrait of Bruce Lipe.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 11%; object-position: 52% 11%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bruce-lipe-afrc2023-0002-28.jpg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Bruce A. Lipe<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Director for Mission Operations (Acting)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bruce A. Lipe is acting director for Mission Operations at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Appointed in January 2024, he is responsible for the development, acquisition, operation, and sustainment of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Test Data Portal (ATDP), a secure, searchable, and accessible flight data archive, as well as NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/armstrong\/capabilities-facilities\/mission-operations\/dryden-aeronautical-test-range\/\">Dryden Aeronautical Test Range<\/a> (DATR) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/simulation-engineering-branch\/\">Research Aircraft Integration Facility<\/a> (RAIF) Simulation Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From May 2023 until his current role, Lipe was deputy director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/armstrong\/capabilities-facilities\/mission-operations\/\">Mission Operations<\/a>, and collaborated with the director to lead strategic planning, business development, and supervise support personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lipe was NASA Armstrong\u2019s DATR asset manager from March 2016 through January 2019. He developed range investment initiatives, performed risk management, and tracked project cost, schedule, and technical progress. He was originally hired to NASA Armstrong in 2015 as the DATR chief engineer and provided technical leadership for the team that operates and maintains the aeronautical test range. He continued in that role through May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lipe came to NASA Armstrong from the U.S. Air Force 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where he stayed from 1989 to 2010, most recently as the Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry project director from 2010 to 2015. He led the team that built a production ready telemetry network system for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lipe has authored several technical papers throughout his career, including \u201cADAPS [Advanced Data Acquisition and Processing System] Telemetry Processor Mid-Life Improvement Program\u201d in 2000. He is a member of the Society of Flight Test Engineers and serves as chair of the DoD Range Commanders Council Telemetry Group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lipe earned an associate degree in 1986 from Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California; a Bachelor of Science in 1990 from California State University, San Bernardino, California; and a Master of Business Administration in 2010 from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce A. Lipe is acting director for Mission Operations at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Appointed in January 2024, he is responsible for the development, acquisition, operation, and sustainment of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Test Data Portal (ATDP), a secure, searchable, and accessible flight data archive, as well as NASA\u2019s Dryden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":623930,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_people_facebook_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_twitter_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_instagram_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_linkedin_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_title":"Director for Mission Operations (Acting)"},"categories":[2668,2855],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[8602],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebPage","headline":"Bruce A. 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