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David Andrew Crate (born July 28, 1954) is an American engineer, author, musician, artist, photographer and motoring enthusiast. He is widely recognized for the conception and implementation of current QA protocol at Moog Broad Reach Engineering, a Tempe, Arizona firm that designs and produces spaceflight components and software for aerospace, scientific, commercial, and military customers around the world. After leaving a career pioneering new technologies in digital television at Motorola Inc., Crate moved on to facilitate the development of radiation-hardened avionics and electronics at MBRE. He has been involved in projects including but not limited to GPS/GNSS receivers, the Rikishi Electronics Unit (REU) Robotic Arm Controller, and single board computers powered by the BRE440 “System-on-a-Chip” – the world’s highest performance radiation-hardened microprocessor.