Vertiflite May/June 2021

THE VERTICAL FLIGHT SOCIETY Society Update

VFS Welcomes Our Newest Corporate Members VFS now has 150 corporate members! Go to

[Associate Class] Cypress International 1201 E Abingdon Dr. Ste 400 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-1400 USA www.cypressintl.com

www.vtol.org/corporate or contact VFS membership today to find out how your company can benefit from VFS corporate membership: membership@vtol.org or +1-703-684-6777 x107.

Cypress International, Inc., is a multi-service consultancy team providing defense industry-focused strategic assistance, business development and proposal support. Our company is focused on serving our nation, our military services and our clients. The Cypress CEO and Chairman is Lt. Gen. David Halverson, US Army (ret). The Cypress VP for VTOL Aviation is Maj. Gen. Walt Davis, US Army (ret). Our professional aviation team is located in Alexandria, Virginia. All have military aviation backgrounds and additionally bring deep expertise in defense requirements processes, budget planning, program management, engineering development, logistics and training systems for manned and unmanned VTOL aircraft and systems. In addition to our core team, Cypress Field Representatives are based in all of the service’s major aviation requirement and acquisition focal areas. There are an additional group of Cypress executive-level subject matter experts to assist with current and emerging industry, US government and global strategic topics.

[Associate Class] BAAZ GmbH

Anton-Bruckner-Str. 34 91052 Erlangen, German www.baaz-flight.com

We are building the most efficient eVTOL to cover the widest range and number of customers. The management team are as follows: Dr. Hossein MalekZadeh, Founder & CEO; Arne Lehmkuhl, Chief Financial Officer; Kolja Hoegemeier, Chief Technology Officer; Dr. Thomas Buervenich, Chief Information Officer; and Jacques Gatard, Chief Marketing Officer.

[Small Business Class] Crown Consulting, Inc. 1400 Key Blvd. Ste 1100 Arlington, VA 22209-1577 USA www.crownci.com

[Small Business Class] ENSCO Avionics 3 Holiday Hill Rd. Endicott, New York 13760-4317 USA www.ensco.com

Crown is a global leader in planning and implementing advanced air mobility (AAM) services, with a particular focus on urban air mobility (UAM). We bring more than three decades of experience in developing strategy, exploring concepts, assessing technologies, developing use cases and projecting economic impacts for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Canadian government, and state and city departments of transportation. Our team offers unequaled expertise and technical support in aviation automation, innovative air traffic management solutions, and the introduction of modern technologies into the National Airspace System. Crown scientists conduct airspace concept research, perform modeling and simulation, and investigate new technology applications, such as machine learning and big data. Crown engineers and analysts develop large-scale data analytics systems, real-time geographic information system applications, public-facing government websites and systems for aviation safety. We maintain a distributed workforce of field technicians and deploy critical infrastructure for government and private sector clients. Our complete engineering services span the acquisition lifecycle from mission analysis through deployment and system implementation, including electronics rack fabrication and production, site prep, on-site installation and test, training and logistics.

For over 38 years, ENSCO Avionics has been a leader in the development of airworthiness safety and security solutions. We support the development of sophisticated airborne systems for our military and commercial aerospace customers. Our focus is on: safety/mission-critical software and programmable hardware engineering support, including DO-178C, DO-254 and DO-326A expertise; display application development solutions; and experienced test/ verification teams. Our products include IData, a next- generation HMI development toolkit and IGL, a safety- critical OpenGL software renderer.

[Small Business Class] Intelligent Energy, Ltd. Charnwood Building Ashby Rd. Loughborough, Charmwood LE11 3GB UK www.intelligent-energy.com

Intelligent Energy is focused on the development and manufacture of its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell products for customers in the automotive, aerospace, generator, telecom, materials handling and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sectors. The company is headquartered and

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