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Cybersecurity in 2027 and Beyond: Why Complexity Is the Real Challenge

Workforce Mobility Employee Spotlight: Alex Schmid

When Alex Schmid joined Systems Planning & Analysis (SPA), she expected to build technical modeling skills. What she found instead was an opportunity to shape her role much earlier than anticipated.

Engineering the Human Interface: Why Fit is a Mission-Critical Requirement

When Margaret “Maggi” Richard evaluates a piece of high-stakes equipment, she isn’t just looking at the hardware; she is looking for the friction points where a system fails its operator. Whether it is a glove that blunts a medic’s dexterity or a respirator mask that fails to seal against a small face, these are more than ergonomic inconveniences. In the language of systems engineering, they are potential failure points.