The Vertical Space

The Vertical Space is a podcast at the intersection of technology and flight, featuring deep dives with innovators, early adopters, and industry leaders.

We talk about the radical impact that technology is creating as it disrupts flight, enabling new ways to access the vertical space to improve our lives - from small drones to large aircraft. Our guests are operators and innovators across the value chain: airframers, technologists, data and service providers, as well as end users. 

#90 Chris Gentile, Merlin: Inside the race for trusted tactical autonomy
Apr 8, 2025 – 01:11:53
#89 Christian Ramsey, uAvionix: Tackling aviation safety from drones to airports
Mar 25, 2025 – 01:22:10
#88 Captain Lee Moak: The time for change is now
Mar 12, 2025 – 01:12:30
#87 Arnaud Thiercelin, Orqa: Cutting through the gimmicks and winning the drone marathon
Feb 25, 2025 – 01:34:53
#86 Carey Cannon: 38 years of rotorcraft development – insights from a Bell Senior Chief Engineer
Feb 11, 2025 – 01:18:59
#85 Sean Donohue, DFW Airport: A CEO's perspective on running a global airport
Jan 28, 2025 – 01:17:22
#84 Jenn Player, Skydio: Autonomous drone operations
Jan 8, 2025 – 01:15:46
#83 Amit Ganjoo, ANRA: Lessons from the Dallas Key Site UTM implementation
Jan 3, 2025 – 01:14:14
#82 Bobby Sakaki, UAS Nexus: Drone industrial base, NDAA, Blue UAS
Dec 16, 2024 – 01:18:28
#81 Brian Streem, Vermeer: An American founder’s move to Ukraine to build drone tech
Dec 11, 2024 – 01:18:41
#80 Joerg Dittrich, JARUS & DLR: Drones, risk, and SORA 3.0
Nov 21, 2024 – 01:26:24
#79 Bob Poole, Reason Foundation: The pros and cons of privatizing airports
Nov 6, 2024 – 01:20:05
#78 Montie Brewer: Interview with former Air Canada CEO
Oct 22, 2024 – 01:11:10
#77 Charlton Evans, End State Solutions: Drone boxes, FAA waivers and exemptions, Part 108
Oct 7, 2024 – 01:03:17
#76 General James Poss: Affordable Mass and Counter-UAS
Sep 25, 2024 – 01:17:04
#75 Kevin Noertker, Ampaire: Scaling electric aviation with hybrid-electric flight
Sep 11, 2024 – 01:21:26
#74 Rob Britton: "Commercial Aviation and AAM: Prudent Optimism"
Aug 29, 2024 – 01:24:16
#73 Jeff Luckett, UPS Flight Forward: An inside perspective on early adoption of UAS and AAM in cargo
Aug 13, 2024 – 01:07:12
#72 Srdjan Kovacevic, Orqa: The evolution of drones, vertical integration, and competing with DJI
Jul 27, 2024 – 01:13:32
#71 Libby Bahat, Israeli Civil Aviation Authority: Lessons learned from the Israeli National Drone Initiative
Jul 15, 2024 – 01:11:15
#70 Bobby Healy, Manna: Unveiling the unit economics behind profitable drone delivery
Jul 2, 2024 – 01:27:32
#69 David Stepanek, Bristow: A philosophical guide for early AAM operations
Jun 19, 2024 – 01:12:56
#68 Don Berchoff, TruWeather: Weather imposes uncertainty and uncertainty costs money
May 31, 2024 – 01:14:25
#67 Niels Kalshoven, Port of Rotterdam: Drone Port Operations
May 19, 2024 – 01:02:22
#66 Dan Magy: From Citadel to Firestorm, a journey through drone and counter-drone technology
May 6, 2024 – 01:00:06
#65 Andrew Coleman: Unpacking the Value of Data in Aviation
Apr 22, 2024 – 01:06:13
#64 Lorne Cass: Aviation Operations; Today's Lessons for Tomorrow's Operators
Apr 8, 2024 – 01:22:17
#63 Uma Subramanian, Surya Ventures: Commercial air travel innovation under attack
Mar 25, 2024 – 58:55
#62 Andrew Hately, Eurocontrol: U-Space, UTM, and the integrated airspace
Mar 11, 2024 – 01:26:01
#61 Eric Leopold, Threedot (ex-IATA): Air transport in the digital age
Feb 26, 2024 – 01:07:40
#60 Eric Watson, Zipline: Drone delivery and the Zipline experience
Feb 12, 2024 – 01:17:54
#59 John Langford, Electra.aero: Bringing eSTOL to Market
Jan 31, 2024 – 01:14:21
#58 Kara Kramer, AeroVironment: A deep dive into the Replicator initiative and future of military UAS
Jan 16, 2024 – 01:12:46
#57 Valerie Manning, Overair: Reality Check On Commercializing eVTOLs
Jan 3, 2024 – 01:12:23
#56 Robert Rose, Reliable Robotics: Exploring the future of autonomy in aviation
Dec 18, 2023 – 01:25:32
#55 Yemaya Bordain, Daedalean: certifying autonomy, next-gen avionics, and multi-core processors
Dec 5, 2023 – 01:19:42
#54 Stuart Ginn, WakeMed: A physician's perspective on medical drone delivery
Nov 21, 2023 – 01:11:40
#53 Declan Ryan, Irelandia: The founding of Ryanair, low-cost airlines, lessons for AAM
Nov 2, 2023 – 01:07:11
#52 Paul Rinaldi, Air Traffic Management: Today's Realities and Tomorrow's Opportunities
Oct 24, 2023 – 01:12:59
#51 Carl Dietrich, Jump Aero: MOSAIC - a transformational opportunity
Oct 10, 2023 – 01:23:44
#50 Christiaan Hen, Assaia: AI and aviation's "pit stops"
Sep 26, 2023 – 01:04:52
#49 Pete Bunce, GAMA: general aviation's perspective on AAM
Sep 12, 2023 – 01:20:50
#48 Reflections at the intersection of technology and flight
Aug 29, 2023 – 01:03:36
#47 David Stepanek, Bristow: AAM customer perspective
Aug 14, 2023 – 01:19:06
#46 Dan Elwell: FAA Reauthorization; "1,500 Hour Rule"; the balance between safety and innovation
Jul 31, 2023 – 01:07:21
#45 Damon Vander Lind, extending electric range with zero emissions
Jul 19, 2023 – 01:07:18
#44 Thomas Neubauer: cellular connectivity as an enabler of BVLOS operations
Jul 5, 2023 – 01:15:35
#43 Venkat Viswanathan: batteries and electric aviation
Jun 19, 2023 – 01:08:01
#42 Billy Thalheimer, Regent and coastal transportation
Jun 6, 2023 – 01:25:37
#41 Brian Yutko, Wisk: demystifying autonomy
May 22, 2023 – 01:23:57

Recent Reviews

1975dl

Nothing comes close

Really great content and conversations!
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Why?

Generally speaking, this is a good podcast, however, the latest episode featuring Brian Streem is a lesson in arrogance, poor attitude, and entitlement. The attitude and arrogance of this guy is unfathomable. He really doesn’t know anything about the Unmanned Systems space. I think the hosts should have listened to this edit and elected not to post this podcast because it Reflects poorly on your companies.
Fproe

Well done!

Three clever guys take the time to explain a cool subject and postulate where the industry is going. I’m looking forward to future episodes.