Managing Director
CurrentFreelance consultancy, electronic design, systems engineering, project management and marketing in the space and aerospace sectors.I continue to consult, design and manage projects in the data handling and communications aspects of the space sector. Notable projects were the International Space Station, Mars Express, Beagle 2 and have and contine to play a key role in UK government space programmes.For a large part of this period (2004 to 2011) I was a full time member of the Zephyr solar electric high altitude long endurance UAV programme culminating in the 2010 record braking endurance flight. Formal roles included technical management of the autopilot and control aystems, ground segment for control, navigation and payload operations, communications and optical payloads and air safety subsystems. I was also part of the overall design and trials team, participating in trials in Australia and the USA and involved in the design of all aspects of the aircraft.Continued in my involvement, as Deputy Director for Space Internetworking of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, in development of disjoint/delay tolerant network protocols for ad hoc networks of e.g. spacecraft and UAVs. I continue to participate in the area of space communications standardisation through CCSDS.I am the co-author of the data handling section of the standard text book "Spacecraft Systems Engineering"
