#65 – Kevin Antcliff | Xwing – Regional Air Mobility, NASA, Autonomous & Electric Aircraft

Kevin Antcliff is the Product Lead of Xwing, a startup whose mission is to dramatically increase human mobility using fully autonomous aerial vehicles Key topics in this conversation include: What Kevin learned in nearly a decade of work on electrified aircraft at NASA The promise of regional air mobility The history of automated flight How Xwing is approaching autonomous aircraft development The role of autonomous flight in enabling sustainable, efficient, and convenient regional flight for cargo and passengers Links Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/kevinantcliff LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinantcliff/ Xwing website: xwing.com Xwing LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xwing/ Regional Air Mobility paper: bit.ly/rampaper Kevin’s Bio: Kevin Antcliff is the Product Lead of Xwing, a startup whose mission is to dramatically increase human mobility using fully autonomous aerial vehicles. Kevin is passionate about making the joy of flight affordable, sustainable, and accessible for all. Kevin joined Xwing from NASA where he was the Deputy Lead of Emerging Applications and Technologies in the Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch. In this role, he led the development of a white paper in collaboration with experts from industry and academia to cast a vision for Regional Air Mobility. He also served as the Co-PI on the High-efficiency Electrified Aircraft Thermal Research, or HEATheR, project and led the design of several electric and hybrid-electric aircraft concepts including the Parallel Electric-Gas Architecture with Synergistic Utilization Scheme (PEGASUS) concept and multiple Urban Air Mobility concepts within the Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) project. Kevin earned his BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech. About Xwing Xwing is the first company to introduce autonomous technology for regional air cargo. With the goal of meeting growing unmet logistics demand, Xwing’s human-operated software stack seamlessly integrates with existing aircraft to enable regional pilotless flight. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.  Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields. linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/ Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License