Mike Talbot Matt Maras
Michael Mahoney Rick Bean
Layne Cook

Mr. Layne M. Cook, Flight Systems

Aerospace Experience: 13 years

Engineering Skills:
Guidance, Navigation and Control
Vehicle Performance and Trajectory
System Engineering
Engineering Project Management

Program Experience:
McDonnell Douglas X-33 - Vehicle control concepts and design; Principle investigator - streamlined mission planning and operations, systems developer and integrator for flight mechanics of new RLV configurations
McDonnell Douglas/Boeing Delta II launch vehicle - Vehicle stability and control, launch operations, on-orbit sequencing and propellant budgeting
McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) - Vehicle and subsystem control, flight operations, vehicle modeling and simulation, stability and control design and verification, low-cost operations designs; developed, implemented and demonstrated four-hour control system validation for new flight test profiles, mission constants (I-loads) manager
McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper Experimental Follow-on (DC-XA) - Flight systems coordinator, requirements
Rocket Development Company Intrepid - Launch availability, preliminary aerodynamics and wind tunnel test planning, flight stability and control
Ball Aerospace - Quickbird and Geosat Follow-On (GFO) - Satellite attitude determination and control, system simulation

Education:
BSME, Utah State University, 1986
MSEE, California State University, Long Beach, 1994