Aerospace El Segundo Campus
Clearance Passing Instructions
Thank you for your interest in the GSAW 2026 Classified Session. The Aerospace Corporation MUST receive your clearance certification NO LATER THAN Tuesday, February 17, 2026, for you to be able to attend the 2026 GSAW Classified Session. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Aerospace El Segundo Campus
Clearance Passing Instructions
IMPORTANT: The GSAW 2026 Classified Session will be hosted at The Aerospace Corporation in the A8 Auditorium on Thursday, February 26, 2026. All attendees MUST possess a TS/SCI clearance and be a US Citizen. The Aerospace Corporation MUST receive your clearance certification NO LATER THAN Tuesday, February 17, 2026, for you to be able to attend the 2026 GSAW Classified Session.
If Visit Certification is not received by this due date, it can impact your ability to attend the classified meeting.
Required information:
Visitor Information: Full Name (no nicknames or aliases), SSN, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
Clearance Level (e.g., Secret, TS), Accesses (e.g., SI/TK/etc.)
Your Technical Point of Contact:
- Brook Cavell
Brook.e.cavell@aero.org (Unclassified)
Date of Visit: February 26, 2026
Purpose of Visit: 2026 Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW)
Passing Visit Certifications:
All clearances should be passed by a recognized security person and by whichever format your security office prefers. Aerospace El Segundo DOES NOT honor badge reciprocity for IC Government Blue Badge holders. All other cleared visitors will need to send a visit request using the below information. Please allow 5 days for processing. Clearances can be passed by the following methods:
For A8 Conference access (SCI), visitor security POCs can submit VARs in DISS to SMO code 12782 (use the actual Tech POC and include name of meeting that individual(s) will be attending). If SI/TK tickets do not show in DISS or the customer does not use DISS, please have security reps submit visit requests in one of the following ways:
- Visitor Request Module (formerly Gateway): (Location: Aerospace A5, A6, & A8-LA)
- GWAN: Aero-security-west@nro.ic.gov
- CWAN: Aero-security-west@aero.ctr.nro.ic.gov
- (U) Fax: 310-563-7935
If visits are being submitted via DISS, please have security POCs set access level as: SCI. In the Visit Notes, please notate the conference name.
Check Your Clearance Certification Status
Check your clearance certification status on our website after submitting your request. You must create an account to check your status. Please allow 24-48 hours after account creation to see status updates. Register or log in to check your status here:
Check Your Status
Medical Portable Electronic Devices (MPEDs):
For any MPED approvals, please email aiselsegundo.mailbox@aero.org (Please expect 24-48 hours for response)
Special Programs Security Point of Contact:
Special Programs Security
The Aerospace Corporation
A5 Group Line: 424-405-2255
For questions regarding visits, please send an email to A5persec@aero.org. A5 PerSec team will respond to these requests within 72 hours.
For questions regarding registration, please send an email to gsaw@aero.org.