Dai Stanton – Deputy Area Director, SIS

Mr. Dai Stanton is the deputy director of the Space Internetworking Services Area. Mr. Stanton was previously a member of CCSDS Panel 1F, and is a co-author of the CCSDS Advanced Orbiting Systems and CFDP recommendations as well as a contributor to development and implementation of the Proximity-1 recommendation.

Mr. Stanton is a UK based consultant to the space industry and to space institutions. He has participated in a number of international design efforts including Columbus, Beagle 2, Mars Express, Skynet, Galileo and STRV. His primary areas of expertise are in onboard and ground data handling systems and space communications. Mr Stanton lectures on data handling systems for Southampton University's spacecraft systems engineering course. His current interests are primarily in the migration of space technology into the design and operation of high altitude, long endurance unmanned aerial vehicles and in the application of disruption tolerant networking to terrestrial and aviation environments.