Daniel Wallman combines hands-on aerospace engineering experience at Boeing’s Phantom Works and Blue Origin with formal training in aerospace engineering and finance from USC and MIT, and he uses that background to serve as a CSIS Strategy and Statecraft Fellow studying the space and defense economy while also helping portfolio companies with technical review, revenue modeling, and regulatory questions. His investing centers on infrastructure-level space and defense companies that already show real revenue and capital efficiency, with a stated focus on reusable, responsive capabilities for the US and its allies, as reflected in his board seat and public comments following Dawn Aerospace’s Series B round.