With the Federal Aviation Administration announcing today a drone program for testing the use of unmanned aircraft system for commercial purposes, an expert source at Mississippi State University is available for interviews and has extensive experience in remote sensing.
Maj. Gen. James O. Poss (ret) of Mississippi State University leads the ASSURE FAA UAS Center of Excellence team and is one of a handful of intelligence officers to have used DOD remote sensing to support Mississippi, both after Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
A brief on Poss, who is in attendance at the Unmanned Systems 2015 Conference in Atlanta where today’s FAA announcement was made, is below.To schedule an interview with Maj. Gen. Poss, please contact Harriet Laird, Associate Director, Office of Public Affairs, Mississippi State University at [email protected] or telephone 662-325-7460.
Maj. Gen. James O. Poss (ret) of Mississippi State University leads the ASSURE FAA UAS Center of Excellence team.
The fifth-generation Mississippian has had a distinguished career of service, and retired as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., and the senior career intelligence officer in the Air Force. He was responsible to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force for policy formulation, planning, evaluation, oversight and leadership of Air Force ISR capabilities.
Additionally, he has extensive experience in remote sensing, and is one of a handful of intelligence officers to have used DOD remote sensing to support Mississippi, both after Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Poss received his commission through the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the University of Southern Mississippi. He served in Desert Storm with the U.S. VII Corps RC-12 Guardrail Battalion in Saudi Arabia, and was director of intelligence for Central Command Air Forces deployed to Southwest Asia at the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom. The general commanded the 488th Intelligence Squadron, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, flying RC-135s in combat during the Kosovo Air War. He has also commanded the 609th Air Intelligence Group at Shaw AFB, S.C., and 70th Intelligence Wing at Fort George G. Meade, Md.
The general has previously served as the director of intelligence at both Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Combat Command. Prior to his current assignment, he was Director, ISR Strategy, Integration and Doctrine, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
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