The Revolution.Aero Podcast

In this episode we are joined by Emerson Xu, CEO and co-founder and Sandra Steinhoff, head of events and partnerships at NexAvian.
NexAvian is leading efforts in urban air mobility and advanced aerial logistics solutions across Asia. The firm offers services to support the development, market entry and operational sustainability of AAM, drawing from real-world industry experience and deep regional insight.
Part of this effort involves hosting the inaugural APAC AAM Leadership Summit alongside the Singapore Airshow next week. The summit will convene global OEM leaders, regulators, operators, investors and infrastructure players for a one day conversation covering everything from certification timelines to cross-border operations and much more.
We discuss the summit, the vision behind NexAvian and the future of AAM/low altitude economy in Asia more broadly.

In our latest episode we are joined by Dr Omer Ali Sufaideen, Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies Affairs, Rabdan Academy, United Arab Emirates.
Omer was previously the Head of Military Studies Minor & Senior Lecturer in the Public Safety & Security Programme, School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences, Singapore University of Social Sciences. In this programme, he both developed and taught the course on Countering Violent Extremism in Southeast Asia, Transnational Crime and Globalisation. 
A budding private pilot, Omer is almost uniquely-placed to discuss the impact of aerospace innovation on combating criminal non-state actors – including cartels, syndicates, warlords, and gangs – as well as the potential for new technology to fall into the wrong hands. 
Omer also recently co-authored a white paper entitled The Ongoing Evolution of eVTOLs. 
We discuss the paper, the impact on law enforcement, new propulsion systems and much more besides.

After a short hiatus the podcast is back. In our latest episode we are joined by James Dorris, CEO of Odys Aviation. 
The Long Beach-based startup is developing a long range hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft built for multiple use cases including passenger travel, logistics and defence. 
From a first sub-scale test flight in summer 2021, Odys has now run tests on its in-house built 1MW generator and signed a landmark deal with the country of Oman, combining commercial operators, US and Omani defence forces, regulators and infrastructure in a full-scale national testbed for its platform.
James himself began his career at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center before working for companies including Google X, Virgin Hyperloop and Arrivo. 
We discuss the aircraft, flap-based thrust vectoring, why regional air mobility makes sense, hybrid-electric propulsion, upcoming developments and much more besides.

In our latest episode we are joined by Mark Groden, CEO and founder of Skyryse, to talk automation in aerospace and the pioneering work he and his team have undertaken to achieve this. 
As the title describes, Skyryse has managed to condense a room's worth of flight automation technology found in large commercial aircraft to the size of decent-sized toaster. Something many said could not be done when Groden began his mission. 
Our conversation touches on the foundations of Skyryse, the moral mission the company is undertaking for pilots globally, the technology itself, the aircraft set to first leverage the SkyOS flight system and much more besides.

In our latest episode we are joined by Megha Bhatia, chief commercial officer at Eve Air Mobility. 
A spinoff of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, Eve is primarily developing a piloted battery-electric eVTOL capable of carrying four passengers and their luggage over a range of about 100km. 
Having assembled its first full-scale eVTOL prototype in autumn 2024, the company is working through a series of test campaigns to assess the aircraft. 
Joining around the same time as the first prototype was completed, Megha arrived at Eve from her role as chief strategy officer at JSSI. Before that she held a series of leadership roles at Rolls-Royce over a span of more than a decade, culminating in vice president of Sales & Marketing for Business Aviation.
Our conversation touches on Eve's aircraft, company vision, day one operations, relationship with Embraer, benefits of being Brazilian, progress with Brazilian aviation regulator ANAC, plus much more besides.