Oleg Yakimenko received his M.S. degrees in computer science, aerospace engineering, and operations research from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies and Air Force Engineering Academy. He holds two Ph.D. degrees in these areas and is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Yakimenko is the author of over 250 publications; his current areas of interest include guidance, navigation, and control of unmanned air, surface, and underwater vehicles, satellites, guided weapons, and parachutes, along with high-fidelity modeling and simulation of these systems.