Author name: Francisco Licea

AFOQT Pilot - 99 |  PCSM - 99 | Clearance - TS/SCI | Current General Atomics Flight Test Engineer/Test Conductor on the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, FQ-42 (Vengeance). Former Northrop Grumman instructor flight test engineer in a military Combined Test Force. I am a career coach/mentor for STEM students. I have a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and completing an M.S. in Systems Engineering. I've worked military programs for 4 years as an engineer in locations spanning Hawaii, California & Utah. I just earned my PPL in August 2026. I have a wife and as of recently, I am a girl dad! I love all things military aviation, snowboarding, shooting, building Star Wars Legos and training in combat sports.