AAM Ecosystem Aircraft Working Group: eSTOL for AAM

AgendaJune 24, 2021

3:00pm - 4:30pm ET

TIME (ET) TOPIC SPEAKER(S)3:00PM – 3:05PM Welcome Carl Russell, NASA

Michael Patterson, NASA3:05PM – 3:25PM Overview of constraints for STOL

operations in the South Florida

conurbation

Cedric Justin, Georgia

Institute of Technology

3:25PM – 3:45PM eSTOL in AAM: An Electra.aero

perspective

Ben Marchionna, Electra.aero

Marty Bradley, Electra.aero

3:45PM – 4:05PM Using eSTOL for Advanced Air Mobility Marc Ausman, Airflow

4:05PM – 4:25PM Discussion with the Audience,

including:

• Active Participates: MS Teams chat

and open microphone

• Listen Only Participants:

Conferences.io

All the Above

4:25PM – 4:30PM Closing Remarks Carl Russell, NASA

Platform and Discussion

• Active Participants– Platform: MS Teams

– Discussion: MS Teams microphone, chat, and “Raise your hand” functions

• Leave your cameras/webcams off to preserve WiFi bandwidth

• Use your mute/unmute button (e.g., remain on mute unless you are speaking)

• Enter comments/questions in the chat

• Click the “Raise your hand” button if you wish to speak

• Say your name and affiliation before you begin speaking

• Listen Only Participants– Platform: YouTube Live Stream

• Go to https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/aam-portal/ for the link

– Discussion: Conferences.io

• Enter https://arc.cnf.io/sessions/g455/#!/dashboard into your browser

• Questions will be addressed if times permits or at the facilitator’s discretion3

Presentations & Discussion

Upcoming Aircraft WG Meetings

Typically, the Aircraft Working Group holds their meetings on the last Thursday of every month from 3:00PM - 4:30PM ET (12:00PM - 1:30PM PT).

• July 29, 2021: Topic: Pilot’s Perspective

• August 26, 2021: Topic: Pilot’s Perspective Pt. 2

– POCs: Carl Russell: carl.r.russell@nasa.gov &

Anna Cavolowsky: anna.e.cavolowsky@nasa.gov

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Speaker Biographies

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Dr. Cedric Justin is a Research Faculty at the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech where he carries out research about electric aircraft as part of the Civil Aviation Research Division. His area of expertise is in multidisciplinary optimization, economic analysis, and financial engineering. His research lies at the crossroad of engineering and financial analysis, and he focuses on concept of operations and the economics of connected mobility systems, commuter operations, and airlines operations.

Recent research includes assessments of Urban Air Mobility vehicle safety, assessments of the impacts of transitioning fossil-fuel powered commuter aircraft to electric propulsion, and investigations into the charging strategies for eVTOL and eCTOL batteries to reduce electricity costs while mitigating the impact on the electric grid. Dr. Justin is actively involved with the AIAA, as both a member of the AIAA Air Transportation System technical committee and a member of the Transformational Flight System outreach committee.

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Ben is the Director of Technology & Innovation at Electra.aero. Most recently, Ben was the Vice President of Global Operations at SkySpecs, a startup company developing and fielding at-scale autonomous robotics technologies and AI-based asset management solutions for the clean energy industry. While at SkySpecs, Ben built-from-scratch an international team of 150+ professionals across 12 time zones to execute the global scaling of SkySpecs products - from initial prototype to nearly 100,000 autonomous drone flights at more than 2,000 wind farms in 26 countries.

Prior to SkySpecs, Ben was a graduate of the Engineering Leadership Development Program at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, where he worked on a variety of revolutionary autonomous aircraft projects from conceptual design through flight test.

He earned a BSE in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MS in Product Development Engineering from the University of Southern California.

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Marc Ausman is a recognized expert in the fields of next-generation electric and autonomous aircraft. He is the co-founder and CEO of Airflow.aero, which is developing electric Short Take-Off and Landing (eSTOL) aircraft. He most recently served as Chief Strategist for the Airbus Vahana urban air mobility project, and before that Eclipse Aviation where he helped develop the world’s first very light jet. Marc served with the US Navy as a Naval Aviator and holds a commercial pilot certificate with multiengine and instrument ratings.