Getting, Ivan A.

Getting, Ivan A.
▪ 2004

      American scientist (b. Jan. 18, 1912, New York, N.Y.—d. Oct. 11, 2003, Coronado, Calif.), conceived and helped develop what became the Global Positioning System while serving (1960–77) as founding president of Aerospace Corp. Using satellite transmitters and atomic clocks to pinpoint locations, the system originally was aimed at enabling the precise delivery of bombs but grew to be employed in such uses as helping pilots navigate and aiding people in finding their way to their destinations.

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