The inside story of how a dedicated team of engineers and explorers developed cutting-edge autonomous navigation technology to use on Mars, as shared by Dr. Jeff Delaune of Ingenuity’s Navigation Team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Our

The Real Story Behind AI In Aviation with Mark Roboff

Apr 15th, 2021 1h 28m

The unfolding AI revolution in commercial aviation is far broader than the envisioned pilotless airplane flown by a HAL9000. Learn about how airplanes, airlines, and airports will never be the same because of AI. Joining me is Mark Roboff, most

Position Your Company for Success post-COVID w/ Israel Stol

Feb 2nd, 2021 42m 46s

How do you position your business for success in a post-COVID world?How do you inject your organization with more creativity and innovation?You must design an environment where team members have the freedom and support to take a chance.Is

Uber Bridging The Gap

Nov 5th, 2020 35m 27s

Uber’s ground breaking Elevate program is single handily responsible for ushering in the age of on demand quiet electric aircraft (eVTOL)that fly above the grid and across cities. It presents an entirely new mode of transportation. Joining us i

Stella Weidner Bridging The Gap

Oct 9th, 2020 41m 46s

Stella Weidner is Director Regulatory Affairs-Autonomous Systems Engineering at Boeing. In this episode, she shares her unique perspectives that span safety and engineering at Boeing and the UAS industry. We’ll build pictures of both the range

Andy Cebula Bridging The Gap

Sep 22nd, 2020 23m 56s

Andy Cebula is Vice-President, NextGen and New Entrants at Airlines for America. In this segment Ken taps Andy’s unique perspective of how the civil aviation safely system operates and interconnects. We'll focus on the key questions facing the

Paul Lewis Bridging The Gap

Sep 22nd, 2020 21m 37s

We’re kicking off this 6 episode podcast series with Paul Lewis, Vice President, Policy and Finance from the Eno Center for Transportation. He's coauthor of Bridging the Gap: Sustaining UAS Progress While Pursuing a Regulatory Framework. We’ll

Steve Jangelis Bridging The Gap

Sep 22nd, 2020 26m 9s

Steve Jangelis is the Aviation Safety Chairman for the Air Line Pilots Association and oversees all of ALPA's safety efforts for the airline industry. Ken and Steve compare and contrast the challenges ALPA faces in commercial aviation safety ag

Paul Snyder Bridging The Gap

Sep 22nd, 2020 21m 5s

Paul Snyder is the Assistant Chair and Director of UAS at the University of North Dakota. The New York Times calls the campus "the silicon valley of unmanned aircraft systems." Paul and Ken build for you a picture of what the unmanned industry

July 2020 Special Edition

Jul 22nd, 2020 23m 15s

Ken updates the audience on what's been going on since the last episode, the effects of COVID on the business of the UAS industry, and previews the 3rd season.

Keeping the Skies Secure w/ Luke Fox

Feb 24th, 2020 45m

Security is one of the greatest challenges caused by the proliferation of drones. Luckily, Luke Fox is on the case.Luke Fox is CEO & founder of WhiteFox, a global leader in drone airspace security. WhiteFox’s products focus on the secure mana

UAS, Airports, and Innovation w/ Chris Runde

Feb 10th, 2020 45m 55s

Chris Runde is the Senior Director of Strategic Development at CGH Technologies. CGH is an aviation innovation firm providing management consulting and solutions to public and private customers.Prior to his current role, Chris held numerous e

Corporate Investment, UAM, and Luge w/ Bonny Simi

Jan 27th, 2020 44m 45s

Bonny Simi is the President of JetBlue Technology Ventures, where she is responsible for investing in and partnering with early-stage startups focusing on technology and travel.Before leading these efforts, Bonny was an Olympian, television b

Envisioning a Hopeful Future at the COE Student Grand Challenge

Dec 23rd, 2019 54m 55s

The Department of Homeland Security pursues tech and innovation in a number of ways. One of the most inspiring is their Center of Excellence Student Grand Challenge.The DHS-sponsored hackathon challenges students to come up with novel methods

How to Nurture “Smart Communities” w/ David Ihrie

Dec 5th, 2019 51m 54s

David Ihrie is the Chief Technology Officer at Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology. He focuses on driving economic welfare for the state of Virginia by evaluating technologies and their ability to play a role in the future.David has m

IoT for Autonomous Vehicles w/ Bob Leigh

Nov 18th, 2019 40m 52s

Bob Leigh is Senior Market Development Director, Autonomous Systems at Real-Time Innovations (RTI), headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. RTI lives at the intersection of functional artificial intelligence and pervasive networking. RTI is the larges

Investing in Drones, Machine Learning, and the Future w/ Kaitlyn Henry

Nov 7th, 2019 46m 45s

Kaitlyn is an associate at OpenView Venture Partners, an expansion stage venture capital firm. She is responsible for identifying, evaluating and executing on investment opportunities.Prior to OpenView, Kaitlyn worked at Amazon as a senior fi

What Happens when Blockchain meets Transportation w/ Dr. Karl Wunderlich

Oct 22nd, 2019 58m 6s

Dr. Karl Wunderlich is a Fellow for Transportation Analysis in Washington, DC, serving as a task leader or senior advisor on numerous research and development tasks related to surface transportation.Dr. Wunderlich is a recognized expert in th

How Does the FAA Regulate Drones? w/ Jim Williams

Sep 26th, 2019 54m 18s

Jim Williams served as one of the world’s top unmanned aircraft regulators. He created and ran the FAA’s UAS Integration Office, where he was the executive lead.He is now director of U.S. regulatory affairs at Drone Delivery Canada.Jim shar

Why Ethical A.I. Needs a Focus on the Fundamentals w/ David Danks

Sep 6th, 2019 53m 45s

Show Notes: Why Ethical A.I. Needs a Focus on the Fundamentals w/ David DanksDr. David Danks is one of the world’s premier ethicists in the area of artificial intelligence and the Department Head & L.L. Thurston Professor of Philosophy and Ps

Leadership Excellence at the Vanguard of Autonomy w/Sanjiv Singh

Aug 12th, 2019 1h

Leadership Excellence at the Vanguard of AutonomySanjiv Singh is CEO of Near Earth Autonomy, Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and Editor and Chief of the Journal of Field Robotics. His company makes some of the most advanced

Vehicle Security Deep Dive w/ Bruce Schneier

Aug 7th, 2019 25m 55s

Thinking Through Autonomy drills all the way down to the CPU level in this follow-on discussion of autonomous vehicle security. This encore episode with cyber-guru, Bruce Schneier, is in response to the requests we received on Reddit, LinkedIn,

Bruce Schneier talks the Cybersecurity Risks of an Autonomous Future

Jul 22nd, 2019 38m 2s

In this interview, we speak with cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier. Bruce is internationally renowned with multiple books, including Click Here to Kill Everybody.Bruce shares his perspective on the broad security issues that need to be addr

"When would a city ban autonomous vehicles?" w/ Karina Ricks

Jun 20th, 2019 51m 17s

In this interview, we ask the City of Pittsburgh’s Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure a very important question.“How does a city decide when the autonomous vehicle operations are no longer safe?”If you’ve ever wondere

Key Lessons In Urban Mobility

May 21st, 2019 1h 4m

Stan Caldwell shares the lessons he and his colleagues are learning as they investigate new urban mobility technologies. In the chase to leverage AI, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications, and driverless technologies, Stan works to ensure