Ivan A. Getting
Electrical engineer, Inventor
1912 – 2003
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Who was Ivan A. Getting?
Ivan Alexander Getting was an American physicist and electrical engineer, credited with the development of the Global Positioning System. He was the co-leader of the research group which developed the SCR-584, an automatic microwave tracking fire-control system, which enabled anti-aircraft guns to destroy a significant percentage of the German V-1 flying bombs launched against London late in the Second World War.
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- Born
- Jan 18, 1912
United States of America - Also known as
- Ivan Getting
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Oct 11, 2003
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on July 23, 2013
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