Jeremiah Gertler

Jeremiah Gertler is a non-resident senior associate with the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Gertler is also senior advisor at AeroDynamic Advisory and senior analyst at Teal Group, where he edits the World Military & Civil Aircraft Briefing and World Civil UAS Market Profile and Forecast. He is director of the Defense Concepts Organization, an analytical consultancy, and co-host of The Air Power Podcast from Defense & Aerospace Report. Previously, he was the Congressional Research Service’s military aviation analyst for 12 years. In previous Capitol Hill billets, Gertler oversaw the procurement and missile defense budgets on the professional staff of the House Committee on Armed Services for five years and earlier served as military legislative assistant to a Senate Armed Services Committee member. While senior fellow at CSIS, he authored or coauthored major reports on Department of Defense reform and missile defense, reserve component roles and missions, systems acquisition, military logistics, and Special Forces aviation. Subsequently, Gertler established a defense analysis center for the Aerospace Industries Association. Gertler was extensively involved in the 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He was senior analyst for the 1995 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, and began his career in 1984 with the RAND Corporation. Gertler is a graduate of Amherst College, the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University, and the United States Naval War College. He was named fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2021.