Senior Research Scientist

Tad Ihns joined IHMC in August 2024 on a courtesy appointment as a Senior Research Scientist.

He is a highly successful entrepreneur and the founder of Avalex Technologies Corp. in Gulf Breeze, which was purchased by Mercury Systems in 2021. He will collaborate with our team to innovate on, among other things, the commercialization potential of IHMC-created technologies.

As Chief Technologist at Mercury Systems, Ihns works with engineers across several disciplines including imaging, optics, EW, processing and sensors, to create novel, market leading products with these technologies. He spent nearly 30 years at Avalex Technologies, a company he founded. While there he created two start-up avionics companies, Avalex Technologies and Lexavia Integrated Systems.