With a son in the U.S. Army, the importance of Mission Assurance resonates with Terry Dorschner. "All of our products just have to work," he said.
In his current role as the principal fellow championing NCS' goal of building a new business in laser communications based on optical phased arrays, Dorschner keeps the Mission Assurance commitment at the forefront of everything he does. "We strive to make sure the components and systems are engineered from the bottom with the warfighter in mind," he said.
Dorschner's love of science led him to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and the University of Wisconsin for a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He undertook a post-doc in millimeter wave communications at the Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany. Dorschner enjoys the daily technical challenges of his job and the opportunity to mentor younger colleagues.
As co-inventor of the Raytheon multi-oscillator laser gyroscope — a product spun off to Litton and consequently used for inertial navigation of all Airbus aircraft — Dorschner has a lot to be proud of. But his accomplishments are not limited to his career. The Green Bay, Wisc., native is the father of two successful sons. One son is in medical school, and the other is a captain in the U.S. Army preparing to become a foreign area officer in China.
Outside of work, Dorschner enjoys tinkering and building things, as evidenced in his passion for repairing his pre-Civil War house.
