Dr Paul Bevilaqua
Dr. Bevilaqua has spent much of his career developing V/STOL aircraft, in the Air Force, at Rockwell International, and then at Lockheed Martin. He led the Skunk Works’ X-35 development team. They received the Collier trophy, which each year recognizes “the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America” for the demonstration of his innovative lift/cruise propulsion system. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, is an AIAA Fellow, and was recently awarded the Guggenheim Medal for the conception and demonstration of technologies enabling the production of the F-35 family of stealthy, supersonic Strike Fighters.
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