‘Lux’ named ASSURE associate

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Stephen “Lux” Luxion has been named associate director of the Mississippi State University-led Alliance for System Safety of Research Excellence (ASSURE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. In May, the Federal Aviation Administration designated ASSURE as the national Center of Excellence for UAS. He is a graduate of the Air Force Academy, and retired from service as a colonel in 2014. Luxion has experience in UAS research, development, testing, operations and integration. He also established the AF’s first armed UAS squadron in the wake of 9/11, and assisted NATO with its first aerospace center of excellence. At his final duty station, he was professor of aerospace studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an ASSURE partner institution. He helped test unmanned vehicles off the coast of Florida at Embry-Riddle. (Source: Mississippi State University 11/19/15)