Protecting Against Intentional
Electromagnetic Interference
Dave Jackson, Senior Program ConsultantMr. Jackson is the Senior Program Consultant and a member of the technical staff. His current technical focus is in the development of new specialized high field electromagnetic detectors for use in facilities that are threatened by Intentional Electromagnetic Interference (IEMI). He now writes white papers and other documentation for the technical community that is becoming increasingly concerned with the IEMI threat. He has been an active participant in facility surveys for assessing vulnerability to IEMI and other electromagnetic disturbances, and for generating remediation plans. He has developed practical threat models for use by infrastructure in evaluating electromagnetic vulnerability, in conjunction with academic and industry experts in specialized areas. Mr. Jackson brings more than 40 years of engineering, research, and aerospace systems management at Lockheed and Honeywell, plus high technology business and product consulting. At Honeywell he was the Director of Programs for the Military Avionics Division, leading the $200 M business in gyros, accelerometers, and sensor-based IMU packages such as the JDAM munitions guidance breakthrough. He developed important strategic alliances with Hughes, Lockheed Martin, and McDonnell Douglas, and served on the Honeywell corporate Program Management Council. Earlier, he was Group Director for Honeywell’s European Aerospace and Defense businesses, serving four years in Brussels, Belgium, helping to grow that segment by 50%. He was a strong contributor to the advancement of Honeywell’s ring laser gyro based business with Boeing, Airbus and the USAF, and had a special international assignment with Honeywell’s German subsidiary. Mr. Jackson served as liaison between Honeywell and MIT, NASA, MIT Instrumentation Lab, and MIT Lincoln Labs in the development of strap down attitude reference systems for spacecraft, and conducted research in the application of stochastic estimation theory in this field. He is the recipient of the Honeywell H.W. Sweatt Award for engineering excellence, and has published over ten technical papers. He serves on the University of Minnesota Electrical and Computer Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, and is past Chairman of the Tampa Bay Section of the AIAA. Contact: djackson@Emprimus.com Emprimus • 1660 S Hwy 100, Suite 130 • Minneapolis, MN 55416 |