Chief Technical Officer
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Mar 2022 - Present
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R. David Lanning Email & Phone Number
Chief Technical Officer
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Nighthawk Flight Systems, Inc.
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@sandel.com
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Chief Technical Officer
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Vista, California, United States
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R. David Lanning is listed as Chief Technical Officer at Nighthawk Flight Systems, Inc., based in Vista, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at sandel.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for R. David Lanning.
R. David Lanning previously worked as Chief Technical Officer at Sandel Avionics and Vice President Of Engineering at Sandel Avionics. R. David Lanning holds Bs, Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.
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About R. David Lanning
Innovative Avionics Engineer with Extensive Project Development Experience. Specialties: Avionics Design and Systems Engineering, Project Management, Embedded Hardware, and Software development, Design for Manufacture, Design for Test, FAA TSOA and STC development, RTCA DO-160G, DO-254 & DO-178C, SAE ARP 4754A, SAE ARP 4761. Holder of 2 US Patents for Avionics Connector Assemblies and Medical Physical Therapy Device.
Listed skills include Embedded Systems, Do 178B, Avionics, Embedded Software, and 38 others.
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11 roles · 40 years
R. David Lanning work experience
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Chief Technical Officer
Nov 2020 - Mar 2022
Vice President Of Engineering
Sep 2019 - Nov 2020
Director, Stc Engineering
Contributor to Avilon Flight Deck system design, safety analyzes and manage STC engineering for tailoring of the Avilon system to multiple aircraft types. Made significant improvements to Sandel's proprietary primary flight display architecture contributing to significant 3D graphics display performance improvements and greatly reduced Level A.
Feb 2017 - Sep 2019
Principal Engineer - Avionics
Custom Avionics Design, Custom ISR Integrations, STC Development, Embedded Avionics Software and Hardware Development, IT Manager. Authored System Safety Assessments including FHAs, FMEAs and FTAs in support of avionics STCs. Recommended and implemented improved engineering design control procedures and project management procedures.
Jun 2008 - Feb 2017
Senior Hw & Sw Engineer
Managed remote engineering office and developed hardware and software for Level A and Level C Avionics products to DO-178B and DO-254. Conducted FMEA and FTA analysis for SA4550 Level A primary flight display.
Sep 2005 - Jun 2008
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Technology Officer overseeing all engineering projects at the Business, Regional and General Aviation Division. Responsible for helping to resolve significant technical problems encountered by engineering teams. Help teams to stay on schedule. Coordinate with other Honeywell Divisions. Continued service on Honeywell Avionic's Display Council in.
2004 - 2005
~1 yr
Principal Engineer
Managed hardware development team for the APEX integrated cockpit with a staff of 21 engineers. Received patent #7210964 for an easy to assemble connector backshell with superior EMI performance which is used in the APEX system. Selected to serve on the Honeywell Avionics Displays Council in Phoenix, AZ (4 years total). Received an award from the Honeywell.
1998 - 2004
~6 yrs
Senior Engineer
Selected to be a part of the AlliedSignal (later Honeywell) Advanced Business Group assigned to develop next-generation avionics systems. I designed the main-board hardware, wrote low-level software and systems engineering on the KX-155A Nav/Com, KX-165A Nav/Com, KLN-89 GPS, KLN-89B GPS with precision approach. I authored white papers on engineering.
1991 - 1998
~7 yrs
Senior Engineer
Developed hardware and software for large automated test systems for production and engineering development. Selected to train engineering teams on innovation and how to design products to be efficiently manufactured. Worked with product engineering teams to improve designs. This was done under AlliedSignal which later purchased Honeywell.
1986 - 1991
~5 yrs
Electrical Engineer
Developed hardware and embedded software for automated Avionics test systems at King Radio before being purchased by Bendix, then Allied Signal, then Honeywell.
Jun 1984 - 1986
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R. David Lanning education
Bs, Electrical Engineering
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High School Diploma, Physical Sciences, 12
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R. David Lanning works for Nighthawk Flight Systems, Inc..
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R. David Lanning is based in Vista, California, United States while working with Nighthawk Flight Systems, Inc..
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R. David Lanning has worked for Nighthawk Flight Systems, Inc., Sandel Avionics, Butler National Corporation, Honeywell, and Alliedsignal.
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R. David Lanning holds Bs, Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.
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R. David Lanning is listed with skills including Embedded Systems, Do 178B, Avionics, Embedded Software, Systems Engineering, C, Integration, and Hardware Architecture.
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