After graduating from Arizona State University, Mr. Komadina started work at Northrop’s Aircraft Division in Hawthorne, CA and has remained at the company his entire career. He was initially assigned to the Advanced Design department and worked on competitive aircraft assessment. He was later assigned to the Advanced Projects organization where he worked in the aero-performance department and supported the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) TACIT BLUE stealth demonstrator program and the Air Force Advanced Technology Bomber (ATB) proposal effort; which turned into the B-2 program. He supported the TACIT BLUE program through completion of flight testing and follow-on operational vehicle studies. Mr. Komadina then worked on the Northrop Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA) internal research and development (R&D) studies and the following Navy ATA competition where he was the lead vehicle performance engineer and later the lead aerodynamic design engineer. After that he worked on an advanced technology demonstrator competition and led the aerodynamic design, analysis, and test activities. Mr. Komadina then for several years led all of the flight sciences activities for an advanced transport technology program, many internal technology R&D programs, and the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) program. He then became the Air Vehicle integrated product team (IPT) lead for the Future Strike Systems business area, and in parallel was the Chief Engineer on the DARPA Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP) program. He became the functional manager for the Adv. Flight Sciences & Weapons Integration department in 2004. Most recently he was the Chief Engineer on the DARPA Oblique Flying Wing proposal and program through Milestone 1 and program manager on three technology R&D contracts related to next generation long range strike supersonic tailless air vehicles. Mr. Komadina is also the program manager for the Aerodynamic Efficiency Improvement program that is investigating aeroservoelastics, gust load alleviation and swept wing laminar flow control related to next-generation high altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms.