Doug Crowe

NSTXL Vice President
Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)


Doug Crowe currently serves as the NSTXL Vice President for the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Agreements. He is responsible for the execution of the SpEC OTA for which NSTXL is the Consortium Manager. This OTA directly supports the US Space Force. Space Systems Command is the contracting agency for the SpEC OTA. The technology areas of the SpEC OTA include Satellite systems, AI/ML, C3 architecture, Ground Segments, Launch Segments, Payload designs, space mission design, and other critical DoD space technology areas. NSTXL Consortium Management grows and engages an elite network of innovators, shortens the path to defense prototype development, and advances national security efforts.

Doug is a 1983 graduate of Rose Hulman Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering, Mr. Crowe received a Masters of Public Affairs from Indiana University in May of 2000.

He began his career at Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) in 1983. During his civil service career he served in a variety of engineering, project management, and leadership positions in the areas of submarine combat systems, netted radar systems, Marine Corps command and control systems, Expeditionary warfare systems, and Maritime Electronic Warfare systems. He retired from NSWC Crane in March 2022 and began work at NSTXL in March 2022.