About Phil Root

Phil Root provides unique research and development experience stemming from his operational Army career and his subsequent research roles at NASA and DARPA.

His research areas span autonomy, ethical AI, space flight, signal processing, complex systems, economics, robotics, and advanced manufacturing.

His DARPA portfolio made strategic investments in the lunar economy, economic statecraft, and classified domains of direct interest to INDOPACOM.

Phil began his Army career as an Apache helicopter pilot. Phil earned his MS and PhD from MIT and his BS from West Point.