Ever wondered what is lie to be a spy in real ife? Well, âJames Bond. your job is to go someplace, complete your mission, fade into the woodwork and disappear as if you had never been there.â. Those were the first words Don heard from his Spy School instructor. During his 30 year career as an engineer for the Navy Don was sent on about a dozen classified field missions. His missions ranged from a week to months maintaining a cover story, remaining invisible. No gun chases, poison pens or gimmicked cars and certainly no greeting hm and offering him his favorite cocktail. No, it ainât James Bond! Don Grayson has a BS in Physics â54 and obtained an MS in engineering at Purdue in 1972. His 30 year career as a civilian engineer for U.S. Navy in engineering management at Naval Avionics Center Indianapolis. His assignments include U.S. NATO rep to Sweden, classified courier, project manager and technical analysis to various military radar & weapon guidance systems. Don is a sailboat...
Lockheed Martin has developed many innovative projects for Space, most recently a Lightning Mapper which is used for forecasting of tornadoes and warnings of lightning-caused fires. We have 2 Guinness World records for detecting the longest lightning distance/duration. Other historic projects include Gravity Probe-B to confirm Einsteinâs gravitational theories, Solar observing imagers, high-energy particle spectrometers, and other innovative projects in conjunction with world-wide universities. Ron Baraze began working at Lockheed during his sophomore-year at Gungh-school in Palo Alto, and was hired full-time after completing college at UCSC. I have worked on 23 space-flight projects for Lockheed Martin partnered with higher-learning institutions such as Stanford University, Oxford Physics Department, University of Huntsville, and the Enrico Fermi...