Colonel Eric Zarybnisky
Colonel Eric Zarybnisky is Program Executive Officer, Assured Access to Space, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. He is responsible for the acquisition, integration, development, production, operation, and sustainment of the $13.5B National Security Space Launch, Rocket System Launch, Launch and Test Range System, and Space Access and Servicing, Mobility, and Logistics programs.
Col. Zarybnisky leads government and contractor personnel at Patrick SFB and Cape Canaveral SFS in Florida, as well as at Los Angeles AFB, California, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, Hill AFB, Utah, and Peterson SFB, Colorado to execute these programs. Col. Zarybnisky earned his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2001 where he spent a semester on exchange to the U.S. Naval Academy. His previous assignments include Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, launch vehicle engineering and analysis, satellite architecture analysis, command of a launch squadron, and graduate studies in Operations Research focusing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle tasking, maintenance scheduling, and combinatorial optimization. He also deployed to Southwest Asia supporting OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM for the U.S. Air Forces Central, U.S. Central Command. Prior to assuming his current position, Col. Zarybnisky was the Director, Office of Space Launch, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Virginia.
Sessions
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AATS Update/Threat Briefing28-Jan-2026Tangerine Ballroom