The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory guides research into space, under water, and across continents. Founded in 1932 by MIT professor Charles Stark Draper as a teaching lab, the not-for-profit corporation develops guidance, navigation, and control technologies for aircraft, submarines, missiles, and spacecraft. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. works with NASA, the US Department of Defense, and commercial businesses to develop technologies and fabricate prototypes. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. also solves health care problems with its work in biomedical engineering. The lab has more than 850 engineers and scientists. Originally known as the Instrument Lab, the laboratory was renamed in 1970 and became an independent institution three years later.
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Executives
Chairman
John A. Gordon
President, CEO, and Director
James D.Shields