Andy Thurling
Developing and shaping technology, standards, and policies to create innovative airspace solutions for UAS BVLOS at-scale.
- Role
- Principal at Thurling Aero Consulting, Llc
- Location
- Hillsborough, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andy Thurling
Andy Thurling is VP of Airspace Innovation at DroneUp. He leads the development and execution of airspace and UTM strategies; develops, influences, and shapes company and industry standards and policies to support UAS airspace innovation; and leads on DroneUp\'s path to commercial BVLOS at-scale. He was previously Chief Technology Officer at NUAIR, where he led technical research on current and future UAS technologies, evaluated potential paths to implementation, industry standards for approval by regulators, and test techniques to verify compliance. Prior to NUAIR, Andy was Director of Product Safety and Mission Assurance at AeroVironment in Simi Valley, California. At AeroVironment, Andy led airworthiness, certification, and airspace access strategic efforts. He is active in standards bodies such as ASTM and RTCA and internationally with EUROCAE and as a subject matter expert to the JARUS working group developing the Specific Operational Risk Assessment process and with ICAO on the Trust Framework Study Group. Andy is a Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School. He held several positions as a test pilot and an instructor at the Test Pilot School. His career in the Air Force culminated as Commander of the 452nd Flight Test Squadron, where he was responsible for leading the team testing the nation’s newest uncrewed aircraft. Andy has over 2300 hours of flight time in more than 35 aircraft types and was awarded the 2011 AUVSI “Operations Award” for leading the flight testing of the liquid Hydrogen powered Global Observer High Altitude UAS.
Experience
Principal
Jun 2020 — Present · Fayetteville, NY, US
Education
United States Air Force Test Pilot School
Experimental Test Pilot
U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology
MS, Aeronautical Engineering
1997 — 1999
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SB, Aeronautics & Astronautics
1983 — 1987
Skills
- Commercial Aviation
- Avionics
- Intelligence
- Aerospace Engineering
- Piloting
- C4isr
- Flights
- Aerodynamics
- Electronic Warfare
- Top Secret
- Command
- Engineering Management
- Aeronautics
- Program Management
- Air Force
- Space Systems
- Security Clearance
- Earned Value Management
- Defense
- Flight Operations
- Military Experience
- Testing
- Aircraft Design
- Aircraft
- Weapons
- Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Flight Training
- Military Operations
- Systems Engineering
- Aviation
- Flight Safety
- Government Contracting
- Tactics
- Military Aviation
- Operational Planning
- Aerospace
- Uav
- Flight Test
- Defence
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