That USAF link I posted describes TRW’s involvement with your laser payload. I guess it was installed at Edwards. Anyway, well even tho there weren’t any customer’s it’s pretty rewarding to see your work be put into fruition? I enjoyed the AWACS platform as it took me overseas and my work rewriting the Maintenance Manuals and schematics got me to NATO. Later with Lockheed I fielded the first (large) Aerostat into Iraq then Afghanistan as a force protection platform. I dug into the L3 MX-20 multi camera system working on laser designator upgrades. I miss my Aerospace career as health concerns sidelined me a decade early, and now busy writing my memoirs/experiences.
Memoirs? Good for you! I got a lot out of the few personal histories I was able to read, and I think it is salutary to produce more for posterity. How can there be "lessons learned" if there are no teachers of lessons? (I was on a program where the situation was so dismal, we referred to "lessons ignored.") I have a similar objective, but I am like a woodworker without a workshop. I need about 300 ft2 for office space to put all my reports, memos, and files in accessible order. Funny how things you take for granted in the work environment turn out to be next door to impossible in a home environment.
Free time at home always distracts from our goals. My final stumbling block on this “book” is many of my best stories are possibly not disclosable due to unknown Classifications involved. Sounds like a cop-out but it’s real. I’m figuring ways to shroud those parts and get this tome done. I’m doing it for my children mainly tho, I have my doubts on the reading public and the overall interest level…but I’m being a logical doubter too. Anyway, Bless You Fren & know we did what brought us fulfillment? I sleep well knowing my “programs” were overall defensive and life saving.
That USAF link I posted describes TRW’s involvement with your laser payload. I guess it was installed at Edwards. Anyway, well even tho there weren’t any customer’s it’s pretty rewarding to see your work be put into fruition? I enjoyed the AWACS platform as it took me overseas and my work rewriting the Maintenance Manuals and schematics got me to NATO. Later with Lockheed I fielded the first (large) Aerostat into Iraq then Afghanistan as a force protection platform. I dug into the L3 MX-20 multi camera system working on laser designator upgrades. I miss my Aerospace career as health concerns sidelined me a decade early, and now busy writing my memoirs/experiences.
Memoirs? Good for you! I got a lot out of the few personal histories I was able to read, and I think it is salutary to produce more for posterity. How can there be "lessons learned" if there are no teachers of lessons? (I was on a program where the situation was so dismal, we referred to "lessons ignored.") I have a similar objective, but I am like a woodworker without a workshop. I need about 300 ft2 for office space to put all my reports, memos, and files in accessible order. Funny how things you take for granted in the work environment turn out to be next door to impossible in a home environment.
Free time at home always distracts from our goals. My final stumbling block on this “book” is many of my best stories are possibly not disclosable due to unknown Classifications involved. Sounds like a cop-out but it’s real. I’m figuring ways to shroud those parts and get this tome done. I’m doing it for my children mainly tho, I have my doubts on the reading public and the overall interest level…but I’m being a logical doubter too. Anyway, Bless You Fren & know we did what brought us fulfillment? I sleep well knowing my “programs” were overall defensive and life saving.