ASSURE turning the corner

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. James Poss will be leaving the director’s post at the Mississippi State University-led Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) on July 1. He was instrumental in landing the Federal Aviation Administration’s Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The ISR Ideas firm will begin providing intelligence consulting services to the aerospace industry. Marty W. Rogers of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks has been serving as deputy director of ASSURE, and will assume the role of interim director on July 1. (Source: Mississippi State University 05/25/16)