LtCol (Ret) Troy "Bucket" Orwan, USAF

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LtCol (Ret) Troy Orwan,
Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations

Mr. Troy “Bucket” Orwan is currently Director for Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Operations Policy and Programs at Corvus Consulting, LLC. He is responsible for leading the organization’s spectrum management (SM), electronic warfare (EW), EMS operations (EMSO) and EMS environmental effects (E3) efforts, providing government agencies and commercial industry with focused consulting, strategic planning and technical analysis and assessment services. Mr. Orwan personally offers tactical, operational and strategic EMS operations experience, expertise and analysis in the advancement of international, national, federal, commercial, departmental and organizational strategies, policies, programs and outreach initiatives. Before coming to Corvus, Mr Orwan served as a Senior Policy Analyst on the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s staff where he provided detailed operational analysis for EW/EMSO, communications, command and control, and navigation and timing policy and programs; non-intelligence space systems; information assurance; and emerging EMS and cyber technologies. He was directly responsible for the development and implementation of DoD strategic plans and policy to enable assured access to and unimpeded use of the EMS through efficient and effective EMSO; the development of EMS battle management (EMBM) tools/capabilities; the establishment and presentation of DoD positions on SM, E3 and EMS interference resolution programs, and EW/EMSO integration to national and international regulatory forums; and the education of federal and non-federal agencies on DoD EMS/EMSO requirements to fully support national security commitments.

Mr. Orwan has 24 years of commissioned service in the US Air Force. An electronic warfare officer and combat parachutist with more than 2,500 hours in the EF-111A and F-15E fighter/electronic combat aircraft, he has led combat operations throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq and Afghanistan. As an Army Corps and Division Air Liaison Officer, he was responsible for ensuring the successful integration of air and space power in support of ground maneuver forces. His team was the first to incorporate innovative multi-spectral intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) techniques and EW capabilities to counter improvised explosive devices and improve EMS operations throughout Afghanistan. As a USAF Weapons School instructor, Mr. Orwan was recognized as a leading USAF subject matter expert on EW, radar theory/employment, low observable technologies and integrated air defense systems exploitation. He developed and instructed graduate level courses on the composition, operation, maintenance and employment of all USAF tactical radar systems, anti-radiation missiles, radar warning receivers, self-protection jammers, expendables and decoys. Mr. Orwan’s experience extended to the development, operational testing and validation of current fighter and rotary wing tactics, techniques and procedures and electronic attack (EA) programs for defeating radar, infrared and passive guided threat systems. 

His personal decorations include the Bronze Star and Air Medal with three oakleaf clusters. Mr. Orwan is an Outstanding Graduate of the Air War College and holds Bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics from Coe College, and a Master’s degree in Statistics from Colorado State University.

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