Grant E. Carichner received his BS and MS in engineering from UCLA. His career includes work at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works for DARPA and NASA on the SR-71 Blackbird, an M-5 Methane Penetrator, a supersonic stealth STOVL fi ghter, the JASSM missile, Aerocraft, and the Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP) program. He has holds several design patents for hybrid airships as well as a vehicle patent for the JASSM missile.