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EDWARD J. BARLOW
EDWARD J. BARLOW
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He went to work at Sperry Gyroscope Company in New York where he pioneered modifications to make shipboard compasses more accurate for the Navy when operating near the magnetic pole in the Aleutians. At the conclusion of that project, Edward moved to the Sperry radar group on Long Island where he helped develop various types of radar, including Doppler radar for the war effort.
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In 1960 Edward was recruited to join the newly formed Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California, where he was vice president and general manager of the engineering division, leading engineering studies on missile and satellite systems for the US Air Force and NASA. The corporation was organized and funded as a nonprofit company in the public interest to provide independent engineering reviews and objective leadership in the advancement of space science and technology for the government of the United States.
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He was chairman of the Aero-Space Vehicles Panel of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board in 1960. He also served on the Space Technology Panel and the Ballistic Missile Defense Committee.
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