David K. Barton
American engineer
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| Intro | American engineer | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| is | Engineer | ||||||
| Work field | Engineering | ||||||
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| Birth | 1927, Greenwich, USA | ||||||
| Age | 98 years | ||||||
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David Knox Barton (born 1927 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American radar systems engineer who has made significant contributions to air defense, missile guidance, monopulse radar, low-altitude tracking, air traffic control, and early warning radar. He had authored a well-regarded series of reference books on radar engineering in the late 1970s. David Barton was one of the people behind the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system.