 In 1953, after working on several other projects, Gluhareff founded the Gluhareff Helicopters Corporation.Gluhareff began working with the U.S. Navy in order to develop Rotary Drones in 1960.In 1964, Gluhareff joined the Douglas Aircraft Company, where he worked as a Design Engineer Scientist in the development of the S-4 stage of the Saturn Rocket which was part of the Apollo program.