UNMANNED INSIGHT: Laying a Foundation for Advanced Air Mobility in New England – MassAutonomy’s AAM Integration Task Force
MassAutonomy is bringing together industry, academia, and government to position Massachusetts as a leader in Advanced Air Mobility.
MassAutonomy is bringing together industry, academia, and government to position Massachusetts as a leader in Advanced Air Mobility. Paige Scott Reed and Jonathan Songer (MassAutonomy), Molly Binder Dadouris (Boston Consulting Group), and Peter Schmidt (Transcend Air) will discuss how industry, academia, and government leaders participating in the AAM Integration Task Force are:
- Building a roadmap for Massachusetts
- Defining a foundation of basic facts about the AAM market opportunity
- Organizing to run AAM challenges
- Planning for the pilot implementation of AAM infrastructure
Note: Free
Speakers
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Jonathan SongerSenior Program Manager, Advanced Air Mobility, MassAutonomy -
Paige Scott ReedCounsel, MassAutonomy; Partner, Prince Lobel Tye LLP -
PETER SCHMIDTCOO & Co-Founder, Transcend Air Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPeter Schmidt, Co-Founder, and COO of Transcend Air is an entrepreneur and executive with startup, turn-around, and large enterprise experience. Transcend Air is a group of experienced aerospace executives, engineers, and entrepreneurs who have designed a tilt-wing VTOL aircraft, the Vy 400. Three times faster than helicopters, with half the operating costs, and enhanced safety, they expect it to grow to dominate the VIP transport helicopter segment. It will also enable a new city-center to city-center airline service, cheaper than current air travel options, and three to five times faster door to door.
Schmidt’s aviation roles have included sUAS test pilot, with two first flights; president & COO of Linear Air, Eclipse 500 operator and Part 135 online charter marketplace; COO of Jet Advisors, a business aviation consultancy; and SVP of National Aviation Academy, the second largest Part 147 aviation mechanic school in the U.S. In his pre-aviation career, Schmidt led several networking and embedded systems companies, including as CTO North America for Ipanema Technologies, CEO of Echo Engineering, division manager of Teradyne, and co-founder and president of Midnight Networks. He currently serves as Chair of the Electric Flight Test Committee of the E-VTOL Flight Test Council. An aerobatic pilot, Schmidt did his undergrad in computer science and his master’s in management, both at MIT.
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MOLLY BINDER DADOURISBoston Consulting GroupMolly is a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group where she is an active member of the public sector practice area. Her recent work includes state and local government response in a variety of projects including advanced air mobility and economic development in relation to the COVID-19 crisis. She currently represents BCG as a member of the Massachusetts Integrated Task Force (ITF), a coalition of government, academic, and industry partners focused on advancing AAM in the Commonwealth. Molly holds a B.S. in Biophysics from Wake Forest University and an MBA from MIT.
