Supply Chain Northrop Grumman

Resume of Dr. Sunil Dixit

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Technical Skills/Qualifications

Short Synopsis:

Defense Industry Roles:

QuickLogic Corporation:

Director, Government Programs

– Strategic Business Acquisition, Strategy, and Analysis o America, Europe, and Asia

o Defense Industry Government Programs

– Microchip programmable logic design & development

– 300nm to 18A

– FPGAs and ASICs

– Embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP

– Strategic Radiation RHBA, RHBD, and RHBP

– Production at various foundries, i.e., Skywater, Global Foundries, TSMC, etc.

– Supply Chain via corporate centers

Northrop Grumman:

– Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Mail Stop RIC1, 1st Floor, Room 1105- 114, 5770 S Missile Way, Roy, UT 84067

– Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems, Mail Stop S Bldg, Room 1640H, Redondo Beach, CA, 90278

– Northrop Grumman Aerospace and Defense Systems, Bldg 202, El Segundo, CA, 90245 Chief Technologist, Advanced Programs, Strategic Defense Systems Division (SDSD)

– Working on Request for Information (RFI) on various hardware & software technologies related to Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) strategic technologies

– Working advanced ICBMs, Next Generation Reentry Vehicles

(MK21), NC2 & NC3 related technologies, and other emerging programs

– Working on Request for Proposals (RFPs) on various emerging programs

– Radiation effects and analysis

– Developing first trusted MRAM FPGA for various applications (i.e., reentry vehicles guidance and navigation, fuse, etc.) from a trusted foundry

• Strategic Radiation Hardening (SRH) of microelectronics

- Nuclear radiation experiments and analyses

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- Nuclear scattering experiments at various national accelerators

- Nuclear propulsion programs

Supply Chain Experience, QuickLogic Corporation & Northrop Grumman

– Microelectronics components procurements

– Aerospace & Space Systems supply chain tracking and deployment

– SAP Systems utilization for supply chain for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of components

Chosen as Technical Fellow, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, 2022. Previously NG Fellow 2 Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) for AS Sector Research Technology & Engineering (RT&E)

– Model Based Reasoner (MBR) Technology Implementation (NG2MBR Diagnostics Tool TRL-7)

– Diagnostics Technologies (AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Statistical Methods, etc.)

– Algorithm Development and Implementation

– Digital Transformation

• Digital Thread / Digital Twin

• Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+)

– Predictive Analytics

– Prognostics, Incipient Failures, Condition Based Maintenance Plus, Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Predictions, End-of-Life (EOL) Predictions for Equipment Failure, and Uncertainty for AV

• Tools currently in development (NG2PMBR Predictive Maintenance Tool)

• Vehicle to Fleet Level CBM+

– Sustainment Engineering

– ICBM technologies

– Hypersonics

– Data Mining

– DoD/AFRL Biotechnology Program MII/BIIOME Proposal

• Defense Industrial Board (DIB) Member

– Transition of numerous Technologies to Real Vehicle Applications Department Manager/Technical Fellow-NG Fellow 2 /Technical Manager / Functional Manager at Northrop Grumman

5 years in Global Logistics and Operations

Management experience > 30 years

– 5 years in Systems Engineering Management

– 20 years in Software Development (15 years in Software Management)

– Rest in other industries as Project & Program Manager

– Previous owner of a software company

Education

– MS Physics from MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

– Ph.D. Physics from University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. Programs Management and/or Technical

– Numerous defense unclassified and classified programs Senior NG Fellow:

– Background in Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) implementation on programs, CBM+, PBL, Systems & Software Systems Engineering, Distributed Computing, Embedded Systems, SOA, Web Technologies

– Technologies: Avionics Systems, Integrated Health Management, Information Assurance, Expert Systems, Quantum Computing, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Devices (theoretical and experimental), Biotechnology, Additive Manufacturing, Resume of Dr. Sunil Dixit

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Dynamic Integrated Test & Evaluation in Distributed Infrastructure, others…

– Background in R & D Projects

• Network Centric Warfare, Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI), IVHM, Multi- Level Security (MLS) & Cyber Security, Simulation & Emulation, Obstacle Avoidance Systems, many other technologies, and programs… Adjunct Professor, Undergraduate Computer Science, University of Indiana at South Bend, Indiana, August 1995 – August 1997.

Adjunct Professor, Undergraduate Physics, University of Notre Dame, September 1993 – July 1995.

Detailed:

Director Government Programs, QuickLogic Corporation Business Strategy and Acquisition

Microchip Design and Fabrication

Chief Technologist Current and Future Technologies, Advanced Programs Technical Fellow

NG Fellow 2

RT&E, Global Logistics and Modernization (GL&M), and Software Technology, Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) (also synonymous for Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)) and Automated (Autonomic) Logistics approaches (i.e., Condition Based Maintenance (CBM+) and Performance Based Logistics (PBL)). Digital Transformation including Digital Thread/Digital Twin and CBM+ Numerous other technologies in numerous disciplines. Strike Software

Manager

Senior Manager, Programs B-2 and F-35. 7 Direct Report Managers and approximately 300 Software Engineers.

Engineering Fellow

Space Systems, Aeronautics, Unmanned Aircrafts, Software Technology and Principal Scientist/Engineer. Numerous other technologies. Programs Won

Numerous DARPA, DoD, and Homeland Security programs won (not listed due to security classification

Quantum Computing

Independently working on all theoretical and experimental aspects of Quantum Computing (QC).

Papers published, presentations.

String Theory &

Gravitation

Interests in String Theory & Gravitation Physics.

Education Background

Ph.D., 1993, Physics, Specialization in Nuclear Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.

• Ph.D. Dissertation “Quasi-Elastic Reactions of Si28 and Cl37 with Pb208 at Energies in the Range of 1 to 3 Times the Coulomb Barrier.”

MS, 1986, Physics, Specialization in Nuclear Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Resume of Dr. Sunil Dixit

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(MIT), Cambridge, MA.

• MS Thesis “Structure of Be9 From Proton Scattering at 180 MeV”; Published Phys. Rev. C43; 1758- 1776, 1991; Cited >20 times in Phys Rev publications. Work History

June 2023 – Current

NGMS Technical Fellow

Director Government Programs, QuickLogic Corporation, 2220 Lundy Ave., San Jose, CA 95131

FY2022 – FY2023, Dean A. Ebert, P.E., Vice President, NT&S Engineering

Technical Fellows Executive Sponsor, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

May 2021 – July 2023 Chief Technologist, Advanced Programs, Strategic Defense Systems Division (SDSD), Roy Utah

March 2021 – May 2021 Consulting Systems Engineer (T6), IVHM Technologies Development and Integration and Vehicle Systems Technologies June 2014 – March 2021 Senior NG Fellow, IVHM Technologies Development and Integration

(all programs at Sector Level)

August 2012 – June 2014 Senior NG Fellow, PHM Development, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS), El Segundo, California

July 2011 – September

2012

Senior Manager, Strike Software Department Manager, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS), El Segundo, California. July 2001 – June 2011 Technical Manager/Technical Fellow, NGAS, El Segundo, California. June 1998 – June 2001 User Interface IPT Lead, Raytheon Systems Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

August 1995 – August

1997

Adjunct Professor, Undergraduate Computer Science, University of Indiana at South Bend, Indiana.

September 1993 – July

1995

Adjunct Professor, Undergraduate Physics, University of Notre Dame

Publications and Presentations

• SAE Edge Report, “Impact of Quantum Computing in Aerospace”, published June 2022.

• Speaker, “Overview of Quantum Computing (QC) for Aerospace Industry,” Wednesday, October 23, 2019, System and Software Engineering (SSES) Conference 2019, Anaheim, California

• Keynote Speaker, “Quantum Computing (QC) Tailored for PHM Objectives,” Thursday, September 27, 2018, PHM Society Conference 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• IEEE, Auto Test Conference 2018, Session Chair: “Vehicle Test”, September 17-20, 2018, National Harbor, Maryland.

• Many internal seminars and presentations 2017.

• Presented as Guest Speaker in “Fielded Systems Lessons Learned” session, PHM Society Resume of Dr. Sunil Dixit

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Conference, October 18 – 24, 2015, San Diego, California.

• Chaired Sessions in the 10th International Workshop on STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING, Stanford University, September 1-3, 2015.

• Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) - Overview and Concepts, Systems Engineering Symposium, April 13-16, 2015, Northrop Grumman Corporation.

• Dynamic Data-Driven Prognostics and Condition Monitoring of On-board Electronics,

(Phase-II, Final Report), 28 August 2012. US ARMY RDECOM ACQ-CTR – W911NF.

• Chaired the “Advanced Topics” Session of the 2012 Software Symposium, March 19 – March 22, 2012, Northrop Grumman Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA.

• Presented paper “Understanding Cloud Computing – Object Management Group (OMG) Cloud Computing For Business”, 2012 Software Symposium, March 21, 2012, Northrop Grumman Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA.

• “Symbolic Time Series Analysis Based Health Condition Forecasting in Complex Electronic Systems,”

Mohammad Azam, Sunil Dixit et al., 2010 IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 6 – 13, Big Sky, Montana.

• “Line-shape Analysis of Spectral Distributions,” Sunil Dixit and Nahush Dixit, NSBE Aerospace Systems Conference 2010, February 5 – 10, Los Angeles, CA.

• “Symbolic Time Series Analysis Based Health Condition Forecasting in Complex Electronics Systems,”

Kihoon Choi, Sunil Dixit, et al., NDIA Conference, October 2009, San Diego, CA.

• “Quo Vadis?” – A technology perspective of managing stealthy autonomous vehicle missions, Prakash Sarathy, Sunil Dixit, et al., AIAA InfoTech@Aerospace2007, 7-10 May 2007, Rohnert Park, California.

• “ISHM & Design: A review of the benefits of the ideal ISHM system,” James H. MacConnell and Industry Participant, IEEE, Paper No. 1596, 7 Dec. 2006.

• “Advances in integrated system heath management system technologies: overview of NASA and industry collaborative activities,” Sunil Dixit et al, Air Force research Laboratory (AFRL Integrated System Health Management (ISHM)) Conference. Cincinnati, Ohio, August 9, 2005.

• Wrote numerous technical papers (wt. papers) for multiple military programs.

• Wrote several internal papers on distributed architectures and infrastructures for the defense industry.

• Wrote numerous infrastructure and architecture related papers for the financial and insurance industries; published internally.

• Energy Dependence of Elastic and Inelastic Scattering of 28Si on 208Pb, S. Dixit et. al., Progress Report, Nuclear Structure Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, 1993.

• Energy Dependence of Elastic and Inelastic Scattering of 37Cl on 208Pb, S. Dixit et. al., Progress Report, Nuclear Structure Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, 1993.

• Neutron-charged-particle correlations in the 3.8 MeV per nucleon 16O + 12C and 13.4 MeV per nucleon 16O + 27Al reactions, R. A. Kryger, S. Dixit, et. al., Physical Review C, Volume 46, Number 5, pp 1887 – 1902.

• Structure of 9Be From Proton Scattering At 180 MeV, S. Dixit et. al., Physical Rev. C, Volume 43, Number 4, April 1991, pp 1758 – 1776.

• Electron Scattering From 9Be, J. P. Glickman, S. Dixit, et. Al., Physical Rev. C, Volume 43, Number 4, April 1991, pp 1740 – 1757.

• Elastic and Inelastic Scattering in the System 26Mg + 208Pb, S. Dixit et. al., Progress Report, Nuclear Structure Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, 1990, pp 22 – 24.

• Two-Particle Correlations form Neutron-Light-Charged-Particle Coincidences, R. A. Kryger, S. Dixit, et. al., Physical Review C, Volume 65, Number, 17, 22 October 1990, pp 2118 – 2121.

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• Elastic-scattering angular distributions for 40Ca + 48Ca near Coulomb barrier, R. J. Tighe, S. Dixit, et. al., Physical Review C, Volume 42, Number 4, October 1990, pp R1200 – R1202.

• Computer Code FITS (a curve fitting program with numerous shapes hyper-gaussian with tails, etc.), University of Notre Dame, 1989 (unpublished).

• Sub-Barrier Fusion of 27Al + AGe, A. Morsad, S. Dixit, et. al., “Third International Conference on Nucleus Nucleus Collisions,” ed. C. Esteve, C. Gregdire, D. Guerreau and B. Tamain, Saint-Malo, France, June 6- 11, 1988, p 147 .

• Magnetic Structure of 17O at High Momentum, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, S. Dixit, et. al., Physical Review C, Volume 60, Number 17, 25 April 1988, pp 1707 – 1710.

• Electron Scattering at 00: a Photon Tagging Technique, C. E. Hyde-Wright, S. Dixit, et. al., Invited Paper, Bates Nuclear Structure, Laboratory, 1988.

• Detection of short-lived particles using holography, P. Haridas, S. Dixit, et. al., Optical Engineering, September & October 1985, Vol. 24 No. 5, pp 741-745.

• Numerous Physical Review C papers with acknowledgements… Certificates

• California Institute of Technology (CAL TECH) Systems Engineering Certificate, September 2004, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.

• Many other in the areas of: Business Management, Project Management, Programming Languages, Engineering Analysis Tools, and Database Management Systems.

Patents

1) Software IVHM: AUTOMATED DETECTION OF FAULTS IN TARGET SOFTWARE AND TARGET SOFTWARE RECOVERY FROM SOME FAULTS DURING CONTINUING EXECUTION OF TARGET SOFTWARE

• US Patent Number: 10,089,214 B1

2) Diagnostics IVHM: PARAMETRIC DATA MODELING FOR MODEL BASED REASONERS

• US Patent Number: 10,676,048 B1, June 9, 2020

3) Data Fusion: HIGH FREQUENCY SENSOR DATA ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION WITH LOW FREQUENCY SENSOR DATA used for PARAMETRIC DATA MODELING FOR MODEL BASED REASONERS

• US Patent Number: 10725463, Date: 7/28/2020

4) Vehicle Level Prognostics: PROGNOSTICS FOR IMPROVED MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES

• US Patent No. 10,814,883, Date: 10/27/2020

5) Fleet Level Prognostics: FLEET LEVEL PROGNOSTICS FOR IMPROVED MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES

• US Patent No. 10,964,130 B1, Date: 03/30/2021

6) Fleet Level Prognostics: FLEET LEVEL PROGNOSTICS FOR IMPROVED MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES

• US Patent No. 11,170,568 B1, Date: 11/09/2021

7) IVHM and Cybersecurity: ADAPTIVE CYBERSECURITY FOR VECHILES Resume of Dr. Sunil Dixit

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• US Patent No: 11,741,226 B1, Date: 08/20/2023

8) IVHM, Cybersecurity, and Configuration Management: IMPROVED ADAPTIVE CYBERSECURITY FOR VEHICLES

• US Patent Number: 11409866, Date: 8/9/2022

9) IVHM, Cybersecurity, and Configuration Management: CYBERSECURITY FOR CONFIGURATION AND SOFTWARE UPDATES OF VEHICLES HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE BASED ON FLEET LEVEL INFORMATION

• US Patent Number: 11,681,811 B1, Date: 6/20/2023 10) NGC Innovations Award May 2021: CONDITIONAL AND CASE BASED CONDITIONAL NODES MODELING

Awards and Honors

• NGMS Technical Fellow, January 2022 & 2023.

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Award, Janis Pamiljans, Jan 2020, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Award, Janis Pamiljans, Jan 2019, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

• Judge, 2022 California State Science Fair, Senior Physics & Astronomy, April 2022, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Judge, 2019 California State Science Fair, Senior Physics & Astronomy, April 2019, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Judge, 2018 California State Science Fair, Junior Physics & Astronomy, April 2018, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Award, March 2017, Tom Vice, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

• Judge, 2017 California State Science Fair, Junior Physics, May 2017, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Judge, 2016 California State Science Fair, Plant Biology, May 2016, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Award, March 2016, Tom Vice, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, March 2016.

• Judge, 2015 California State Science Fair, Senior Physics, April 2015, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Award, March 2015, Tom Vice, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, March 2015.

• Judge, 2014 California State Science Fair, Senior Physics, April 28 - 29, 2014, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Compensation Program (DTLICP) 2014, Gary Erwin, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, March 2014.

• Judge, 2013 California State Science Fair, Cognitive Sciences, March 31 - April 16, 2013, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Compensation Program (DTLICP) 2013, Gary Erwin, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, March 2, 2013.

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Compensation Program (DTLICP) 2012, Gary Erwin, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, May 17, 2012.

• Judge, 2012 California State Science Fair, Physics & Astronomy, April 30 – May 1, 2012, California State Science Fair University of Southern California (USC).

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Award, Gary Erwin, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, March 12, 2012.

• Distinguished Technical Leadership Compensation Program (DTLICP) 2011, Gary Erwin, Resume of Dr. Sunil Dixit

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Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, June 20, 2011.

• President Award, Gary Erwin, NGC-ISWR, HART Program, June 26, 2008.

• Nominated for Presidential Award, Scott Seymour, NGC-ISWR, HURT Program, April 2007.

• Management Award Plan, Northrop Grumman Corporation Integrated Systems Western Region (NGC- ISWR), March 2007.

• TAP Award, HURT User Interface Implementation, November 2006.

• Nominated for Presidential Award, Scott Seymour, NGC-ISWR, HURT Program Execution, April 2006.

• TAP Award, Obstacle Avoidance System Prototype, January 2006.

• TAP Award, DARPA program acquisition (HURT proposal), December 2004.

• Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award 2004, San Fernando Valley Engineer’s Council, Inc. Northridge, Northrop Grumman Corporation, COTS Process Jovial to C Automated Translation, March 2004.

• Excellence Award, Northrop Grumman Corporation, PHM Technology Space Program, August 19, 2003.

• TAP Award, Northrop Grumman Corporation, PHM Navy UCAV Program, August 1, 2003.

• TAP Award, Northrop Grumman Corporation, B2 Rehost Jovial to C translation of FMFOP, November 2002.

• Excellence Award, Northrop Grumman Corporation, WATCHKEEPER Program, February 2002.

• Given Stock Options Award (200), C3I, Raytheon Systems Company, March 2001.

• BMS Achievement Award, Raytheon Systems Company, January 2001.

• Tactical Battlefield Management (TBM) Achievement Award, Raytheon Systems Company, May 2000.

• Tactical Battlefield Management (TBM) Achievement Award, Raytheon Systems Company, February 2000.

• Awarded the Lincoln “Railsplitter Award,” for high technical and business achievements, April 1998.

• Awarded The Associates “AIMS Extension Award”, June 1994.

• Academic Scholarships.

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