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Flight Landata Hires Andrew Eichelberger as Director of EngineeringEichelberger is Multiple Recipient of US Department of Defense’ THAAD Awards
North Andover, MA June 14, 2010 – Flight Landata, Inc., a defense contractor that designs, integrates and deploys complex airborne sensor systems, plat-forms and collection services has hired J. Andrew Eichelberger as Director of Engineering. In this new position he will manage the company’s engineering process, product commercialization and sustainment efforts.
“Andy [Eichelberger] brings a wealth of engineering and management experi-ence to our growing company. We expect him to provide an excellent comple-ment to our award-winning R&D Team,” said Jeff Smith, CEO of Flight Landata. “We look forward to his leadership as we expand several large and complex customer contracts.”
Andy Eichelberger joins Flight Landata after a distinguished ten years at Raytheon. Most recently he was Systems Engineering & Integration CPT Lead
at Raytheon and led a 300+ person systems engineering team in developing, integrating and testing the AN/TPY-2 radar. Previously he was chief engineer for Raytheon’s Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) Partnership.
Eichelberger has been a licensed private pilot since 2001 and received his instrument rating in 2006. He was on the executive board of the New England Flying Club from 2001-2009.
Eichelberger holds an MEng in Mechanical Engineering, a BS in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and a BA in Economics all from Cornell University.
About Flight Landata:
Founded in 1991, Flight Landata designs, integrates and deploys complex airborne sensor systems, platforms and collection services in direct response to the ISR and defense communities’ most urgent global requirements. In 2006, Flight Landata’s BuckEye Sensor system was recognized by the U.S. Army as part of a geospatial data collection and dissemination platform that won its Greatest Invention of the Year award. The BuckEye system is used for mapping, targeting, damage assessment and IED defeat missions, among others. The company has also received the prestigious Tibbetts Award for technology innovation for its work on a variety of projects, programs and collaborative research efforts with the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For more infor-mation visit: www.flightlandata.com
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Martha Keeley
McMahon Communications
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