Christopher Todd, your host, welcomes Ken Stewart to today’s episode. Ken was the CEO of AirXos (part of GE Aviation) and recently took a new position with NuAir in New York State. Ken shares all about what NuAir is up to and where he sees the industry heading.

Ken Stewart is a versatile, global business leader with 20 years of business development, strategic planning, sales/marketing, and product development/line-of-business management experience in diverse industries including wireless communications, Industrial IoT solutions and services, and government. Ken has domestic and international experience.

Key Takeaways:

[1:35] Ken talks about his background and how he became involved in unmanned aviation.

[4:13] Ken talks about the element that people tend to miss out on regards to the challenges of 5G.

[5:14] Is there a new infrastructure for UTM (Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management)?

[6:37] Ken talks about his experience in AirXos.

[9:41] Ken speaks about the challenges of starting a company.

[13:02] Chris and Ken talk about the problem with the budget available for unmanned aviation systems.

[14:03] Ken shares how COVID-19 impacted AirXos.

[15:13] Ken talks about starting to work with NuAir.

[17:03] Ken describes NuAir.

[18:35] Ken talks about the terrain they are working in now.

[19:14] What kinds of partners is NuAir working with?

[21:28] Ken talks about the aim of the operations he is managing at NuAir.

[22:31] Where does Ken see the unmanned aviation industry heading?

[25:02] Ken shares his thoughts about what unmanned aircraft systems could do to gain more credibility around the manned aviation industry.

[26:44] What is the impact of the new administration on the FAA and over the industry in general?

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