John Lukesh, Retired from Northrop Grumman

Mr Lukesh was involved in the development of Kalman filter aided inertial navigation systems from the beginning of this technology in the early 60s, through the 80s when he managed analysis and software development of the Kalman filter for the calibration and alignment of the IMU in the Peacekeeper ICBM, and into the 90s when he participated in the development of the GPS aided targeting system for the B-2 bomber. Mr Lukesh holds an engineering degree from Caltech. In 1985 he received the Institute of Navigation's Thurlow award for the year's outstanding contribution to the science of navigation. Mr. Lukesh can be reached at jlukesh@earthlink.net.

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