David J. Melena

Experience

1. Aeronautical Engineer

   Naval Air Systems Command Navair

   Oct 1997 — Present

   Electronic warfare support for TACAIR and Airborne Electronic Attack platforms; developmental and operational weapons / systems testingSurface and air target operationsWeapon platform integration onto tactical aircraftInteroperability and battlespace integrationModeling and simulationDirect fleet support and trainingMission planning; image and signal processingSpecial weapons and projectsTechnology transfer Electronic warfare products and areas of expertise: Self-protect and stand-off jammers, infrared countermeasures, radar systems, chaff and decoys, threat simulation, intelligence / sensor engineering, jamming technique optimization, mono- and bi-static radar cross-section measurement.Weapon System Integration and Electronic Warfare: In-house expertise includes requirements definition through mission system design and DT, trainer / support equipment upgrades, handbooks, mission planning, fleet support, foreign military sales, and operational EW intelligence analysis and software updates, and EW reach-back support. With current emphasis on network centric warfare, the concept of weapon / platform integration is being extended to battlespace integration. Point Mugu is interconnecting virtual, real, and hardware-in-the-loop facilities across NAVAIR and at other services to develop and test network interoperability between various weapons systems.Weapons Tested: Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, Advanced Antiradiation Guided Missile, Evolved SeaSparrow Missile, General Purpose Bombs, High-Speed Antiradiation Missile, Harpoon, Hellfire, Joint Direct Attack Munition, Joint Stand-Off Weapon, Laser Guided Bombs, Low Collateral Damage Bomb, Maverick, Phoenix, Rolling Airframe Missile, Spike, Standoff Land-Attack Missile, SLAM-ER (Expanded Response), Sidewinder, Sparrow, Standard Missile, Tomahawk, Trident, Vertical Launch Asroc, WalleyeAircraft Weapons Integration: AH-1, AV-8B, EA-6B, EA-18G, E-2C, F/A-18, EP-3E, JSF, MH-60, UAS, F-22

Skills

• Microsoft Office