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.
Podcasting since 2021 • 106 episodes
The Vertical Space
Latest Episodes
#106 Koen De Vos: U-Space, U-Space… Where Art Thou?
In this episode we sit down with Koen De Vos, Secretary General of GUTMA, to unpack why U-Space still feels more aspirational than operational, and what aviation can learn from industries that have at least partially managed to digitize at scal...
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Episode 106
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1:13:23
#105 Ben Ivers, Boeing: Airspace modernization
In this episode, we sit down with Ben Ivers (Boeing’s Director of Emerging Technologies & Regulatory Strategy) to unpack a deceptively simple idea: airspace modernization isn’t optional anymore and the tech to enable “automated flight rules...
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Episode 105
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1:06:56
#104 Edward Barraclough, Drone-Hand: Why ranching will scale autonomy before defense
Autonomy may scale in agriculture long before it does in defense or UAM, and today’s guest makes a compelling case why. We speak with Edward Barraclough, founder and CEO of Drone-Hand, about applying autonomous drones and on-device AI to the re...
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Episode 104
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1:12:52
#103 Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines: Raising the ceiling of possibility
In this episode, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian breaks down what truly differentiates a great airline: people and culture. Ed shares why “take care of your people first” isn’t a slogan (it’s Delta’s operating system!) and how that shows up in r...
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Episode 103
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53:00
#102 Adam Woodworth, Wing: What aviation looks like at Google scale
Adam Woodworth, CEO of Wing (Alphabet’s drone delivery company), joins us to talk about making delivery ubiquitous and why drones should be an equal player alongside other delivery methods. Adam argues we’ve already passed the “risk peak” for U...
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Episode 102
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1:11:09