Author : Thomas Wildenberg
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781682474693
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)
Book Synopsis Hot Spot of Invention by : Thomas Wildenberg
Download or read book Hot Spot of Invention written by Thomas Wildenberg and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface: Hot spot of innovation and invention -- A milestone in aviation history -- The formative years -- Back to MIT -- Aircraft instruments and the beginnings of the Instrumentation Lab -- From turn indicator to gunsight -- War work -- Directors and gun fire-control systems -- The A1-C(M) gunsight -- The "immaculate interception" and other air-defense activities -- Inertial navigation -- Floated gyros and SPIRE -- SINS : the submarine inertial navigation system -- Professor, prodigious worker, family man -- Inertial guidance for Atlas and Thor -- Titan, FLIMBAL, AIRS, and the MX/Peacekeeper -- Polaris -- Poseidon and trident -- Spy satellites and space planes -- To the moon and beyond -- The road to divestiture -- A heterogeneous engineer