| Kari Bingen | |
| Office: | Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security |
| President: | Donald Trump |
| Term Start: | June 5, 2017 |
| Term End: | January 10, 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Marcel Lettre |
| Office1: | Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence |
| Term Start1: | June 5, 2017 |
| Term End1: | December 1, 2017 |
| Predecessor1: | Todd Lowery |
| Successor1: | Joseph D. Kernan |
| Party: | Republican |
Kari Bingen is an American policy analyst and former government official who served as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence during the Trump Administration.[1]
Bingen earned bachelor's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999.
Bingen began her career as a space policy analyst at The Aerospace Corporation and an engineer at SRA International.[2] Then, Bingen served as a staff member of the United States House Committee on Armed Services (HASC), where she later served on the strategic forces subcommittee and as the HASC's policy director.[3]
She was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on May 25, 2017, and sworn in on June 5, 2017.[4] [5] According to a Pentagon spokesman, Bingen resigned on December 5, 2019, and will leave the Pentagon on January 10, 2020.[6]
After leaving the Trump Administration Bingen joined HawkEye 360 as the chief strategy officer in February 2021.[7] In August 2022, she joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies as the director of the Aerospace Security Project and a senior fellow in the International Security Program.[8]
As of 2024, Bingen serves on the advisory board of the National Security Space Association.[9]