Luxion named ASSURE director

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Retired Air Force Colonel Stephen “Lux” Luxion has been named director of the Mississippi State-led Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). Most recently, he served as ASSURE’s associate director for operations based out of Stennis Space Center, Miss., where he was responsible for ASSURE’s administrative, financial and technical functions. Luxion has an extensive background in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) research, development, testing, operations and integration. He established the AF’s first armed UAS squadron in the wake of 9/11’s terrorist attacks, and assisted NATO with its first aerospace center of excellence. (Source: MSU 10/04/18)