David Arterburn
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Education
- M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park
- B.S., United States Military Academy, 1984
General Information
Mr. Arterburn is a retired Master Army Aviator with over 28 years in Army Aviation. He has served in engineering and acquisition positions including assignments as the Chief, Technical Management Division, Armed Scout Helicopter Project Office, Chief, Flight Projects Office, US Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate, Test Director and Experimental Test Pilot at the US Army Aviation Technical Test Center, Chief Engineer for the UH-60M Upgrade Program and Chief Engineer of the OH-58F Kiowa Warrior Cockpit and Sensor Upgrade Program. Mr. Arterburn served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy after receiving his Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. Mr. Arterburn graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1984. His awards include the 2008 and 2013 American Helicopter Society Grover E. Bell Award as part of the U.S. Army/NASA/Sikorsky UH-60M Upgrade Flight Control Team and AMRDEC/NASA/PM Armed Scout Helicopter/Bell Aerodynamics Improvement Team, respectively, NASA Group Achievement Award for the development and first flight of the Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory (RASCAL), TECOM Professionalism Award and numerous military awards. Mr. Arterburn is a member of the American Helicopter Society, the U.S. Army Aviation Association of America and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.