Mr. John Weyrauch is the
Vice President of Engineering at ATK Advanced Weapons Division
located in Plymouth Minnesota. Advanced Weapons makes a wide
range of defense products including air to ground missiles,
precision munitions, intelligent barrier defenses, electronic
safe and arm devices, multifunction fuzes, proximity sensors,
tank ammunition, advanced warheads and directed energy weapons.
In the 70’s, Mr. Weyrauch
was a member of the team that developed the Space Shuttle
Orbiter Entry through Landing Guidance and Control system and
the Space Shuttle Glide Return to Launch Site Abort Mode. Other
projects in his career have included research guidance,
navigation, and control systems for hypersonic vehicles
including the National Aero-Space Plane and boost glide
vehicles; research cockpit and control systems for high speed
civil transports; development of miniature inertial systems for
high-G weapon applications; development of fault tolerant
inertial navigation systems; and engine and flight control
systems for the Harpoon missile. In his 34-year technical
career, Mr. Weyrauch has worked for ATK, Rockwell Collins,
Honeywell, and McDonnell Douglas. The technical experiences he
has found most interesting include working with the astronaut
office during development and testing of the space shuttle
orbiter guidance and control system; being present at the
launches for Apollo 13 and 17 and Space Shuttle missions STS-1,
STS-4, STS-13, STS-24, and STS-26; flying jump seat on the
Concord from New York to London; and testing precision guided
munitions at Yuma Proving Ground.
