LEW AEROSPACE

Paul Lew, our company’s founder and President, founded Lew Aerospace in 2002 to design and develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the U.S. military. He also serves as Lew Aerospace’s Chief Engineer. While Chief Engineer he also served as Program Manager for Lew Aerospace overseeing over 1,000 hours of accumulated flight testing at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Texas; Bolling AFB, District of Columbia; and various test ranges in Nevada. Mr. Lew has over 17 years experience in advanced product design, advanced composite materials and innovative manufacturing processes.

Mr. Lew served in the U.S. Navy on active duty aboard the USS Coronado and the guided-missile destroyer USS Thorn, DDG988, where he was deployed to the Persian Gulf/Middle East in the early 1980s.

Prior to founding Lew Aerospace, Mr. Lew invented Lew Bicycle Wheels, which achieved a following among racing cyclists because of the wheel’s tremendously high strength, low weight and the meticulous attention to engineered performance inherent in its design. To date, approximately seven years after their introduction into the bicycle racing community, no lighter wheel is available. Tour De France Champion Lance Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Service Racing Team raced Lew Bicycle Wheels and Hubs. Lew Wheels have raced and won numerous professional as well as amateur world championships, including Olympic Medals and Ironman World Championships. Lew Wheels have been instrumental in assisting cyclists achieve their best times ever and set multiple World Hour Records. Mr. Lew also invented the high-performance Humpy Bumper, a specialized, high-load and high-impact distribution and dissipation bumper for racecars in Winston/Busch/ARCA Cup Races.

Mr. Lew’s other accomplishments include developing General Electric Aircraft Engine prototype actuator rings, in-line skate wheels utilizing advanced composites, and the lightweight Fisher Space Pen used onboard the International Space Station. He has also been awarded the Owens-Corning/Composite Institute Award for Excellence in Composite Design, the Amoco Petroleum Society of Plastics Industry Award of Excellence for Composite Design, and the Small Business Industry Appreciation Award from Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn. Mr. Lew holds several patents related to mechanical and aerodynamic design.

Mr. Lew studied mechanical engineering and naval architecture at the United States Naval Academy as a member of the Class of 1985, before earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Design (i.e., designing and engineering structures to withstand environmental stresses), as well as the professional degree of Bachelors of Architecture from Ball State University in 1989.