AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc., trading as EagleNXT, has appointed Lindsay A. Ryan as Head of Sales and Business Development for EagleNXT Counter-UAS systems.
Ryan recently retired from the US Army as a Lieutenant Colonel after 21 years of service. Most recently, she served as Deputy Director of Strategy and Plans (G5) at the Aviation Center of Excellence, Fort Rucker, Alabama, where she led engagements to advance aviation initiatives across the enterprise.
Ryan’s operational assignments included service with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, where she served as a VIP Flight Platoon Leader and Battalion S1 in a General Support Aviation Battalion and deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She later deployed as a Brigade Plans Officer to Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and took command of A/404th Aviation Support Battalion while deployed. She later served as Aviation Officer for the 2nd Armored Brigade, integrating aviation assets into Network Integration Exercises.
Awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal and Iraq Campaign Medal. She has been awarded the Basic Aviator Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, German Proficiency Badge (Bronze), Order of Saint Michael (Bronze Award) and the Lady of Loreto Award.
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Image: Lindsay Ryan, then US Army Lt Col., 1-58th Airfield Operations Battalion commander speaks during the Transfer of Authority ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, February 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Micheala Maldonado)
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