Albert Einstein Award given to James Sides.James R. Sides, former chairman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Atlantic Research Corporation, of Gainesville, Va., traveled to Jerusalem in January to receive the Albert Einstein Lifetime Achievement Award for Aerospace. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lopolianski presented the award to Sides in recognition for his leadership in the missile-propulsion industry. Sides retired as the chief executive of ARC in 2001 after 43 years as a scientist and manager in the propulsion Propulsion The process of causing a body to move by exerting a force against it. Propulsion is based on the reaction principle, stated qualitatively in Newton's third law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. industry. The company produced solid propulsion for such systems as Tomahawk tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped). . Multiple Launch Rocket System, Patriot Advance Capability, Army Tactical Missile System and Javelin. Sides is currently a consultant to the Missile Defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged Agency. |
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