#73 Jeff Luckett, UPS Flight Forward: An inside perspective on early adoption of UAS and AAM in cargo from The Vertical Space

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#73 Jeff Luckett, UPS Flight Forward: An inside perspective on early adoption of UAS and AAM in cargo

1 hour 7 minutes Posted Aug 13, 2024 at 1:00 pm.

Initial Focus on Small UAS

Ground Operations Importance

Origins of UPS Flight Forward

Addressing UPS Pain Points

The First Bet

The Value of Being a Pioneer

Primary Considerations In Evaluating How Cargo is Moved

How Many of the 850 Met UPS Requirements

Cargo As An Afterthought

Utilization of the Next Generation of Aircraft

eVTOLs and Helicopters in UPS Operations

Innovative Use of Drones in Healthcare

Outsourcing vs. In-housing Aircraft Operations

End-to-End Readiness and Reliability

Reliability and Integration of New Technologies

Operations from Touchdown to Takeoff

Engaging with OEMs for Future Solutions

Advice to the 850 Companies Who Have Talked to UPS

Dual Use Cargo Solutions

Integrating Large Autonomous Aircraft into the NAS

Solving for Detect-And-Avoid

Final Mile Delivery Complexities

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Welcome back to The Vertical Space! In this episode, we’re thrilled to bring you a conversation with Jeff Luckett, President and founding member of UPS Flight Forward, a subsidiary of UPS. Since our podcast's inception in 2021, we’ve featured numerous OEMs and service providers from both advanced air mobility and traditional aviation. However, it’s not often that we get to hear directly from the buyers and industry leaders driving the demand for these cutting-edge technologies. Today, we dive...

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