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Paul Bevilaqua is an aeronautics engineer at Lockheed Martin in California. In 1990, he invented the lift fan for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B along with fellow Skunk Works engineer Paul Shumpert. In 2005, Bevilaqua was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering for theoretical contributions, practical innovations, and increased operational utility in vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.