Dr. Royce W. Beal is the Head of Internal Research and Development for Anduril Rocket Motor Systems. Royce graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry and was commissioned into the United States Air Force as a science officer. He served two assignments in the Air Force Research Laboratory and worked in the Dutch National Lab system (TNO) as an exchange scientist before assignments in the ICBM program office, a space operations assignment, and a stint teaching chemistry at the U.S. Air Force Academy. After retiring from the U.S. Air Force, he worked as a Senior Principal Scientist in Research and Development for Northrop Grumman. Royce holds a Masters of Science and Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Delaware.