| |
| | IEEE History Center - Legacies: Malcolm R. Currie |
 | | In research, Dr. Currie worked at Hughes Aircraft Research Laboratories in the early fields of traveling wave tubes, millimeter waves, lasers, noise theory and noise reduction, parametric amplifiers, electric propulsion, and ion beam semiconductor implantation, developing a number of papers and inventions. |
 | | As head of the Hughes RandD Engineering Division, he was responsible for and participated in development of the first digital airborne radars, IR imaging systems, laser systems, and early satellite communications electronics. |
 | | In 1988, Dr. Currie became Chairman and CEO of Hughes and led its strategic diversification from defense in such areas as commercial satellite communications and direct broadcast satellites (DirecTV), where Hughes is now a world leader, and in air traffic control, private business network products and services and other applications of Hughes' electronics technologies. |
| www.ieee.org /organizations/history_center/legacies/currie.html (552 words) |
|