Valerie M. Browning

Valerie M. Browning is Vice President for Research and Technology within Lockheed Martin’s Corporate Technology Office. In this role, she executes transformational R&D projects working with all Lockheed Martin business areas, partners in academia, commercial companies, and government S&T organizations. She chairs Lockheed Martin’s Technology Council and is responsible for steering cross-enterprise technology programs across all 21st Century Security technology domains.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Browning served as the Acting Director of Defense Research & Engineering for Research & Technology where she provided leadership and coordination across the DoD’s S&T enterprise. She also served as the Director of DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office where she managed a broad portfolio of high-risk, high payoff research initiatives focused on U.S. national security.

Browning was an independent consultant to the Department of Defense and Department of Energy in the areas of advanced materials and alternative energy. She served as Chief Technology Officer for HELM System Solutions, Inc., a woman-owned small R&D business. She was a program manager in DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office where she led a diverse R&D portfolio that included areas such as metamaterials, bio-magnetics, and unmanned underwater vehicle energy storage. She was also a research physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory focused on thermoelectric materials, superconductors, and magnetics.

Browning earned a doctorate in physics from The Catholic University of America, a Master of Science degree in physics from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Virginia Tech. She serves as an American Institute of Physics Board Member and is also a member of the Advisory Board to the Virginia Tech National Security Institute.