The Vertical Space

#108 Alex List, FlyShirley: 'Shirley' there's an opportunity for AI in the flight deck

#107 Robert Rose, Reliable Robotics: Congressional testimony and conveyor belts in the sky

#106 Koen De Vos: U-Space, U-Space… Where Art Thou?

#105 Ben Ivers, Boeing: Airspace modernization

#104 Edward Barraclough, Drone-Hand: Why ranching will scale autonomy before defense

#103 Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines: Raising the ceiling of possibility

#102 Adam Woodworth, Wing: What aviation looks like at Google scale

#101 Ryan Gury, PDW: Drones, Innovation, and Lady Gaga

#100 Chris Hewlett, Project ULTRA: Why DoD will lead UAS integration

#99 Jia Xu, SkyGrid: Opening the sky for autonomous flight

#98 Ryan Graves, ASA: UAPs as a wake-up call for airspace safety and innovation

#97 Julie Garland, Avtrain: Drone business and regulation in Europe

#96 Chad Sweet, ModalAI: Small, smarter, safer UAS - made in USA

#95 Serhii Kupriienko, Swarmer: Building swarms in Ukraine’s drone war

#94 Brandon Suarez, Reliable Robotics:  Balancing safety and operational benefits

#93 Joey Rios, NASA and UTM: Solve Something Right Now

#92 Richard Aboulafia: Supply chain bottlenecks and the New Aerospace Order

#91 George Mattson, Wheels Up: The integrated customer experience

#90 Chris Gentile, Merlin: Inside the race for trusted tactical autonomy

#89 Christian Ramsey, uAvionix: Tackling aviation safety from drones to airports

#88 Captain Lee Moak: The time for change is now

#87 Arnaud Thiercelin, Orqa: Cutting through the gimmicks and winning the drone marathon

#86 Carey Cannon: 38 years of rotorcraft development – insights from a Bell Senior Chief Engineer

#85 Sean Donohue, DFW Airport: A CEO's perspective on running a global airport

#84 Jenn Player, Skydio: Autonomous drone operations

#83 Amit Ganjoo, ANRA: Lessons from the Dallas Key Site UTM implementation

#82 Bobby Sakaki, UAS Nexus: Drone industrial base, NDAA, Blue UAS

#81 Brian Streem, Vermeer: An American founder’s move to Ukraine to build drone tech

#80 Joerg Dittrich, JARUS & DLR: Drones, risk, and SORA 3.0

#79 Bob Poole, Reason Foundation: The pros and cons of privatizing airports

#78 Montie Brewer: Interview with former Air Canada CEO

#77 Charlton Evans, End State Solutions: Drone boxes, FAA waivers and exemptions, Part 108

#76 General James Poss: Affordable Mass and Counter-UAS

#75 Kevin Noertker, Ampaire: Scaling electric aviation with hybrid-electric flight

#74 Rob Britton: "Commercial Aviation and AAM: Prudent Optimism"

#73 Jeff Luckett, UPS Flight Forward: An inside perspective on early adoption of UAS and AAM in cargo

#72 Srdjan Kovacevic, Orqa: The evolution of drones, vertical integration, and competing with DJI

#71 Libby Bahat, Israeli Civil Aviation Authority: Lessons learned from the Israeli National Drone Initiative

#70 Bobby Healy, Manna: Unveiling the unit economics behind profitable drone delivery

#69 David Stepanek, Bristow: A philosophical guide for early AAM operations

#68 Don Berchoff, TruWeather: Weather imposes uncertainty and uncertainty costs money

#67 Niels Kalshoven, Port of Rotterdam: Drone Port Operations

#66 Dan Magy: From Citadel to Firestorm, a journey through drone and counter-drone technology

#65 Andrew Coleman: Unpacking the Value of Data in Aviation

#64 Lorne Cass: Aviation Operations; Today's Lessons for Tomorrow's Operators

#63 Uma Subramanian, Surya Ventures: Commercial air travel innovation under attack

#62 Andrew Hately, Eurocontrol: U-Space, UTM, and the integrated airspace

#61 Eric Leopold, Threedot (ex-IATA): Air transport in the digital age

#60 Eric Watson, Zipline: Drone delivery and the Zipline experience

#59 John Langford, Electra.aero: Bringing eSTOL to Market