| David Knox Barton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1927 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Fields | radiolocation |
| Institutions | Signal Corps, RCA, Raytheon, ANRO Engineering, US Air Force Scientifc Advisory Board |
| Alma mater | Harvard (1949) |
| Notable awards | RCA's David W. Sarnoff Award (1958), IEEE Centennial Medal (1984), IEEE Third Millennium Medal, IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal |
David Knox Barton (born in 1927 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American radar systems engineer who has made significant contributions to air defense, missile guidance, monopulse radar, low-altitude tracking, air traffic control, and early warning radar. He had authored a well-regarded series of reference books on radar engineering in the late 1970s. David Barton was one of the people behind the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system.[1]
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