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Michael O’Connor

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Michael O’Connor is a Major in the U.S. Space Force and was a Department of the Air Force Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET). Prior to joining CSET, he was a space program test lead at Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA. Before his program office role, Michael served as an evaluator flight test engineer supporting remotely piloted aircraft testing at the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base. He holds a Master’s in Flight Test Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, a Master’s in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor’s in Astronautical Engineering and Math from the U.S. Air Force Academy. 

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