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Patriot Taxiway Industries understands the USAF and the military as 2 of our team members are active members of the USAF and the Air National Guard for over two decades each. “Integrity, service before self and excellence in all we do” is the United States Air Force motto. Patriot Taxiway understands this concept because they have followed it for 27 years. Steven Smits our President is a Service Disabled Veteran with the commitment to our national defense mission, to find a way to continue to serve in a non-deployable position in the Air National Guard.
Mr. Steven Smits- President
- Active Air National Guard member with 27 years of military avionics experience (USAF/ANG)
- 20 years of manufacturing, plant maintenance, quality assurance, product development and direct customer service
- Human Resource Advisor 128th Air Refueling Wing 2006-2009
- Returned to the Avionics shop 2009 to train tomorrows warriors
Mr. Kevin McDermott – Business Development
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Active Air National Guard member with 22 years of military avionics experience (USAF/ANG)
- 20 years of product development, project management and product qualification to aerospace and military standards
- Developed lighting products for military and civilian applications
- Knowledgeable of most LED manufacturers and the product
- Contributed to these Military product lines
- RC-135(Reconnaissance/Intelligence) interior lighting
- NVIS lighting upgrades to US and European helicopters
- KC-135 Avionics upgrades
- LED Institute – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2005
- Aerospace Lighting Institute 2005, 2006, 2008
- Keynote speaker 2008- Lighting the KC-135
- Subject matter expert
- Night Vision Lighting
- LED lighting
- Military applications
- Air Refueling operations
Vice President of Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
- Registered Professional Engineer State of Wisconsin
- 21 years of product design, product qualification, and project management experience
- Key designer
- Patent holder
- 6 years in design and test of Military and Aerospace products
- Management and Project leadership experience
- Contributed to these Military product lines
- SADARM (Sense And Destroy ARMor) Anti –Tank Weapon for the US Army
- EF-111B Flight Computer upgrade for the US Air Force
- F-16 B Aft Seat Heads-Up-Display monitor for the US Air Force/li>
- Avionics for the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for the US Army and Canadian Army
