Ivan A. Getting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ivan A. Getting

American physicist and engineer

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1912

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Oct-2003

Profession: physicist, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ivan A. Getting

  • Ivan Alexander Getting (January 18, 1912 – October 11, 2003) was an American physicist and electrical engineer, credited (along with Roger L.
  • Easton and Bradford Parkinson) with the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
  • He was the co-leader (the other being Louis Ridenour) 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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