Ivan Getting
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Ivan Getting
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Ivan Alexander Getting was an American physicist and electrical engineer, credited with the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS). He was the co-leader of the research group which developed the SCR-584, an automatic microwave tracking fire-control system, which enabled M9 Gun Director directed anti-aircraft guns to destroy a significant percentage of the German V-1 flying bombs launched against London late in the Second World War. Getting was born on January 18, 1912 in New York Cit
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American physicist and engineer
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2024-04-18T20:30:29Z
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