CommercialMaking Bell's Air Taxi Go: An Engineer's Perspective Kyle Heironimus is the electric propulsion development lead for Bell’s air taxi — part of the innovation team in charge of exploring new technology. As a partner for Uber Elevate, who is…
MilitaryPrepar3D: Creating Pilots with Lockheed Martin Adam Breed plays a lot of video games. He considers it part of his job. “Just like as a good author, you’re supposed to read a lot of books. A good simulator…
CommercialBehind the Datalinks with UASC's Goddess of UniLink Lynn Root was sitting in her car at an intersection, preparing to turn right when two cars in front of her got into an accident. The responding officer got the “most organized”…
CommercialThe Cutting Edge: Hand-in-Hand with the FAA at Avionica Aviation runs in the family for Simone Drakes. The Barbados-born Drakes’ father was an air traffic controller. Her brother is a commercial pilot. As VP of engineering for Florida-based avionics company Avionica, Drakes…
ProfilesPlanning the Future of Unmanned Systems at Textron Sean Baity spent his first wedding anniversary on a cross-country trip with his wife. Also in the van with the celebrating husband and wife were three other guys and two 100-pound autonomous…
MilitaryHarris Engineer Seeks 'Zero-Defect' Culture in Supplying F-35 Avionics In 2017, Lockheed Martin awarded a contract to Harris Corp. to provide the computing infrastructure for new panoramic cockpit displays, advanced memory systems and navigation technology for its fifth-generation fighter jet, the…
Business & GASatcom is King for Honeywell Engineer James Lee As a child in South Korea, James Lee never thought he’d be a major OEM’s go-to guy for satcom solutions. He had no idea he would be problem-solving for sports team owners,…
ProfilesMercury Systems Engineer Suggests Using AI to Certify AI David Simpson always dreamed of being a pilot. When he was a child in the U.K., his father was a member of the Royal Air Force, and he used to regale the…
Embedded AvionicsThe Double-Edged Sword of Automation With Applied Avionics' Steve Edwards Steve Edwards, Applied Avionics’ VP of product development, has done a lot of things in engineering. He jokes that he has “a lot of blood on [his] hands.” He worked on surveillance…