Yolanda D. Jones King is a retired American laser scientist and defense engineer who worked for many years in the Air Force Research Laboratory.
[1] After working on beam sensing at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), she moved to the Strategic Defense Initiative Office,[1] became a program manager for several large Ballistic Missile Defense Organization projects,[2] and in 1996 worked as a science and technology advisor to Ron Dellums as a Congressional Fellow.
[1] Next, she became technical advisor for space sensing and satellite control at AFRL,[2] including leading the work there on space-based radar.
[1][2] After directing the AFRL International Office in Arlington, Virginia, she returned to the Space Vehicles Directorate of AFRL, where she became technical advisor for space infrared technologies and later technical advisor for the Spacecraft Technology Division.
[5][6] She is a 2003 recipient of the Zia Award of the University of New Mexico Alumni Association.