Jay Ferrell is President of Viking Aerospace, LLC.
After retiring in 2002 from the Lockheed MartinSkunk works, Jay worked as a consultant for Rocketplane LLC.
At Lockheed Martin he was the U-2 Reconnaissance Airplane Project Engineer responsible for Autopilot and Air Data Systems,
the Actuator Development & Replacement Program, & the Angle of Attack/Stall Warning System Program. All of these systems
required definition, specification, interface, design development, ground/flt test plan development, aircraft ground and flight testing
support for certification to Air Force requirements.
Previously, Mr. Ferrell was the Tier III/DarkStar Unmanned Airplane Project Engineer responsible for the auto landing gear control,
nose wheel steering, braking & oversight of Boeing's development of Auto Flt Controls/Actuators. All of these systems required definition,
specification, interface, design development, ground/flt testing to "DARPA" & later to Air Force Requirements.
For the Advanced Tactical Fighter YF-22 prototype competition, Jay was the R & D Engineer acting as group engineer for Vehicle
Management Systems (VMS), & for Integrated Vehicle Subsystem Control (IVSC).
In the Unmanned Airplane Branch, he was R&D Engineer in a research program involving the development & testing of GPS & integrating
both medium and low cost/accuracy Inertial Nav Systems (INS) with the GPS.
Mr. Ferrell was also a L-1011 Design Specialist & Lead Systems Engineer for both the Digital & Analog Auto Flight Control System,
and FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER)
At Boeing he was a Design Engineer for the 727 & 737 autopilot, automatic landing system, yaw SAS & autothrottle.