Design things and then see how they work. It is this passion that led David Hendry to get his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975 and to continue with a career in engineering.
Now a 31-year veteran of Raytheon, Hendry is focusing on systems engineering for military satellite communication systems. Some of his major projects include working on HC3, the next generation of Army Satellite Communications terminals; HDR-RF, a U.S. Air Force program that has developed a very high-data-rate programmable modem for satellite communications; and Objective Gateway, another Air Force program to develop a family of gateways that will interconnect different types of communication systems.
A New Jersey native, Hendry is most proud of the work he did on the on the first generation of extra high frequency (EHF) satellite communications terminals for the U.S. Navy.
"We started with a clean sheet of paper and designed a terminal that implemented the most complex waveform devised up to that time," Hendry explained.
The test with the first satellite was very successful, and this served as the foundation for Raytheon's EHF SATCOM business.
