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Sade Morris

AOE Advisory Board
  • M.B.A, Master of Business Administration, Florida Tech University
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Penn State University
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech
  • (2013 – Present) Aircraft Test Director at Sikorsky Aircraft. Provided flight test technical leadership during the development and certification of test programs on S-70I, CH-148, S-92A, and SARA aircraft platforms. Sade’s most recent assignment is to support the development flight testing of the CH-53K.
  • (2010-2013) Flight Test Engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft. Participated as an on-board and telemetry handling qualities test engineer for S-76D, S-92A, and CH-148 aircraft. Responsibilities also included instrumentation checkouts, rigging mechanical flight controls, creating flight test plans and documenting flight test results.
  • (2009-2010) Handling Qualities Engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft. Supported the UH-60M fly- by-wire development program by performing desktop and hardware-in-the-loop piloted simulations.
  • (2014) Engineers' Council Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award to the S-76B OPV/SARA Test Team.
  • (2012) Sikorsky Award for individual contribution to the S-70I UAE DCS 10 Program
  • Society Memberships: AHS, SWE
  •  Sikorsky Aircraft Women’s Forum, West Palm Beach Chapter. Steering Committee (2012-Present), President (2014).

Flight Testing, Handling Qualities, Flight Controls, Lean Business Processes