Theron M. Bradley Jr., NASA Chief Engineer, is responsible for the overall review and technical readiness of all NASA programs. Bradley assures development efforts and mission operations are planned and conducted on a sound engineering basis, and provides an integrated focus for agency-wide engineering policies, standards and practices. Bradley is a former nuclear engineer for the U.S. Navy, serving in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. He has also served as a civilian with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Defense in numerous leadership and management positions with the Office of Naval Reactors, both in Washington and in the Idaho branch.