Robert P. Johannes (born May 1934 in

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) is an aeronautical engineer noted primarily as one of the developers of the control configured vehicle (CCV) concept.Holloway, R.B., Burris, P.M. and Johannes, R.P. (1970
''Aircraft Performance Benefits from Modern Control Systems Technology''Journal of Aircraft
7(6), 550–553. He won the

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in 1972 with Dwight Henry Bennett for the paper ''Combat Capabilities and Versatility Through CCV'' discussing its applications.Bennett, D.H. and Johannes, R.P. (1972
''Combat Capabilities and Versatility Through CCV''

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paper number 720854.

Biography

Johannes received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the

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and his

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degree in Electrical Engineering from the

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in 1961.Gregory, J. (1980) ''Who's Who in Engineering'', 4th ed., American Association of Engineering Societies. He then joined the Flight Dynamics Lab at Wright-Patterson AFB, where he worked on various defense-related and basic-science research projects, including self-adaptive control via the X-15 demonstrator in the early 1960s. He managed the LAMS program in the late 1960s and developed the concept of CCV in 1970–1974. Johannes is also an avid amateur pilot, having earned the

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Silver Badge in 1975. Johannes died on 30 June 2004

Awards

, 1972 *

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Scientific Achievement Award, 1973
Soaring Society of America Silver Badges, 1975

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