• On loan while awaiting clearances.
  • Developed avionics display system hardware and software; software used Core as a Graphics Standard.
  • Created Flat Panel display graphics and software interfaces in C. Used GKS as a baseline for the software interface standard.
  • Developed 1553B drivers for SUN systems. (Sun 1 through 3 series, UNIX BSD 4.2) in C.
  • Developed Analog to Digital Converter software drivers for SUN systems. (Sun 1 through 3 series, UNIX BSD 4.2) in C.

Much of my career has been working on government contracts, most of these being classified. That makes it difficult to actually go into any detail on what I did, let alone actually show some of my work... For some things, I'm not even allowed to discuss who was my customer or what systems or languages I actually worked on... Others, I'm allowed to mention basics, but the details must remain classified...

This was one of those grey projects... I can discuss the basics of what I did, but can't show any of the actual work. While waiting for some clearances for the job I was actually hired to do, I did some work on a "Lend-Lease" project that Lockheed was experimenting with for new-hires. I was supposed to go to 5 different departments to see what others did in the company, but my first assignment didn't want to let me go. [Side Story - I actually applied to do carrier duty to support S-3A Vikings. The manager who hired me (and was waiting for my clearances to go through) denied my request. Seems that a carrier 'loses' two to three people every now and then, and he didn't want me to get 'lost'.]

This assignment was some prototype work for Lockheed's bid on the P-3C Orion Update IV project. Although the prototype work was a success, Lockheed lost the bid for the update. Just before the decision was made, my clearances came through and I moved onto the actual job I was hired to do...