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Biography

David Furuno

David Furuno

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

David Furuno is currently working as director of electrical engineering for Mission Systems at GA-ASI, where he and his staff are responsible for support to a wide variety of projects spanning synthetic aperture radars, aircraft anti-collision radars, electro-optic sensor systems, high energy lasers, communication systems, novel rf antennas and special purpose systems.

After graduating from MIT in 1982, and completing graduate studies at UCLA in 1987, he worked at TRW as a member of the technical staff, at Martin Marietta Advanced Development Operations as a program manager, and at Lockheed Martin Space and Strategic Missiles as a chief systems engineer. He joined General Atomics in 2000, where he has held positions in corporate development, advanced wireless, systems engineering and program management.