Tactical Missile Design
Resume - Eugene L. Fleeman
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I have 40+ years of government, industry, and academia experience in missile design and the development of missile systems and missile technologies.

The following is the Process That I Have Used for Missile Conceptual Design:

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Chronological Experience

 

Tactical Missile Design Short Course (1998 – Present)

 

Georgia Tech (1999 – 2005)

  • Position: Senior Technical Advisor.  Advisor for graduate student missile system design and analysis projects. 
  • Projects: Boost phase interceptor, air launched missile defense target, multi-mission cruise missile, liquid booster target, future target delivery system, sea-based missile defense interceptor, surface-launched hypersonic strike missile, rapid response space launch system, long range low observable cruise missile, strategic missile post-boost propulsion system, and air-launched hypersonic strike missile.

Boeing (1997 – 1999)

  • Position: Deputy Director - Hypersonic Design and Applications.
  • Programs: Hypersonic Weapons Technology, Affordable Rapid Response Missile Demonstrator, and X-43 Hyper-X Demonstrator,

Rockwell International (1983 – 1997)

  • Positions: Manager - Advanced Sensor Systems, Manager - Strategic Planning, Manager - Advanced Missile Systems, Manager - Missile Systems Analysis and Systems Engineering, and Manager - Missile Design and Technology Development.
  • Programs: Nemesis imaging infrared threat warning sensor, PAC-3 radar seeker, Advanced Missile Defense Interceptor, Low Observable Weapon, Small Low Cost Interceptor Device, Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, HELLFIRE anti-tank missile, AGM-130 air-to-surface missile, Advanced Anti-Armor Weapon System, and Advanced Air-to-Air Missile.

U.S. Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (1964 – 1983)

  • Positions: Manager - Advanced Weapons and Aircraft Survivability, Manager - Missile Stability and Control Technology, Manager - Air Slew Missile Technology Demonstration Program, Senior Engineer - Missile Stability and Control Technology, and Research Engineer - Hypersonic Flight Control Technology.
  • Programs: Bomber Defense Missile, Advanced Strategic Air Launched Missile, and X-24 lifting body.

Education

  • BS, Aerospace Engineering - University of Cincinnati, 1964.
  • MS, Aerospace Engineering - University of Dayton, 1977.

Textbook

  • Tactical Missile Design, AIAA, Reston, VA, 2001.
  • Tactical Missile Design, 2nd Edition, AIAA, Reston, VA 2006.

 Professional Activities

  • Chair - AIAA Missile Systems Technical Committee
  • Associate Fellow – AIAA
  • Director, NATO RTO lecture series on Technologies for Future Precision Strike Missile Systems ( http://www.rta.nato.int ).
  • Member - NATO RTO System Concepts Integration Panel.
  • Member – NATO RTO Working Group on Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs).
  • Member - AUSA, AFA, Navy League, USNI, NDIA, AUVS, and AOC.
  • Registered Professional Engineer - Ohio.
  • Instructor, short course on Tactical Missile Design.

Publications - Over eighty publications (textbook, conference papers, design handbooks, short course notes, and technical reports).

Tactical Missile Design