From RC Blimps to Military Tech: How Galaxy Unmanned Systems Reinvented Flight

In this episode of The Catalyst Effect, host Isaac Carter sits down with Jason White, founder of Galaxy Unmanned Systems — the winner of the DFW Startup Week pitch competition — to unpack one of the most fascinating startup comeback stories in aerospace.Jason shares how his company pioneered autonomous, lighter-than-air blimps for broadcasting and surveillance — years before “drones” were even a thing — and how a sudden FAA regulation in 2007 wiped out their entire industry overnight.From there, he and his team found themselves working with the U.S. Department of Defense, deploying aerostats in Afghanistan and saving lives on the front lines — before eventually returning to rebuild their commercial dream.