Hangar X Studios
by John Ramstead
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$500k Could Cover an Entire City With Drone | David Mazar
$500k Could Cover an Entire City With Drone | David Mazar
About this podcast
Hangar X Studios is all about innovation in the aerospace industry. The show is a joint venture between Innovation4Alpha and XTI Aerospace. Episodes will feature pilots, aviation leaders, business aviation experts, engineers and more.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 94 episodes
- $500k Could Cover an Entire City With Drone | David Mazar · 34 min · Episode 95Thanks for clarifying—and sorry again. You needed under 4,000 characters including spaces, with the same format. Here’s your content reduced to fit that: Episode Summary What…
- This Company is Launching Drones from Submarines | David Smith · 45 min · Episode 94Episode Summary In this episode of Hangar X, host John Ramstead speaks with Robinson Helicopter CEO David Smith about the future of manned and unmanned aviation. David shares…
- Is America Losing The Drone War? | Miriam McNabb · 47 min · Episode 93Episode Summary In this episode of Hangar X, host John Ramstead sits down with Miriam McNabb, Editor-in-Chief of DroneLife, for a wide-ranging and deeply insightful conversation…
- Drone Supply Chains Still Depend on China | Bobby Sakaki · 42 min · Episode 92In this episode of Hangar X Studios, host John Ramstead sits down with Bobby Sakaki—Founder & CEO of UAS Nexus and one of the most deeply embedded operators in the drone…
- Drones Just Become 10x Cheaper to Build | Brian Hinman · 41 min · Episode 91In this episode of Hangar X Studios, host John Ramstead sits down with serial entrepreneur and SiFLI CEO Brian Hinman to unpack a pivotal shift happening in the drone and…
- The Missing Layer of Drone Airspace | Mehrnaz Sabet · 36 min · Episode 90In this forward-looking episode of Hangar X, host John Ramstead sits down with Cornell PhD candidate and autonomy researcher Mehrnaz Sabet to explore one of the most critical…
- He Cracked the Code on Profitable Drone Delivery | Bobby Healy · 42 min · Episode 89Drone delivery has long been hyped as futuristic—but what if it’s already here, profitable, and scaling faster than most people realize? In this episode of Hangar X, host John…
- Securing theDrones Over D.C. | Christopher Hewlett · 47 min · Episode 88In this episode of Hangar X Studios, host John Ramstead sits down with Christopher Hewlett—retired Navy Commander and Director of Project ULTRA—to explore how the Department of…
- The Hidden Problem Grounding the Drone Industry | Don Berchoff · 40 min · Episode 87Weather is the hidden limiter of advanced air mobility and drone scale—not batteries, airframes, or autonomy. In this episode of Hangar X Studios, host John Ramstead sits down…
- DJI Drones Are NOT Banned | Sally French · 39 min · Episode 86The drone industry is at a pivotal moment — and misinformation is flying just as fast as the aircraft themselves. In this episode of Hangar X, host John Ramstead sits down with…
- The Pandemic Changed Private Jets FOREVER | Emily Deaton · 38 min · Episode 85In this episode of Hangar X, host John Ramstead sits down with Emily Deaton, CEO of Jet Aviva, to unpack the post-pandemic transformation of business aviation. From the surge in…
- An Earth-Shattering Shift in Airline Economics | William Dean Donovan · 40 min · Episode 84Aviation is entering one of the most disruptive economic shifts in its history — and investor Dean Donovan is right at the center of it. In this episode of Hangar X Studios…
- Drones Can’t Scale Without This Technology | Amit Ganjoo · 36 min · Episode 83The future of aerospace isn’t just about new aircraft — it’s about building an entirely new digital infrastructure in the sky. In this episode of Hangar X Studios, host John…
- The Real Cause of Aviation Accidents | Mark Groden · 42 min · Episode 82What if flying a small airplane or helicopter felt as safe—and as simple—as riding an elevator? In this episode of Hangar X, host John Ramstead sits down with Mark Groden of…
- We Don’t Need Drone Pilots Anymore | Pramod B Raheja · 36 min · Episode 81Episode Summary In this episode of Hangar X Studios, host John Ramstead sits down with Pramod B. Raheja, aerospace engineer, entrepreneur, and CEO of Airgility, to explore the…
- This Made Drone Nerds A National Leader | Jeremy Schneiderman · 7 min · Episode 80In this fast-paced lightning round, Jeremy Schneiderman, CEO and Founder of Drone Nerds, joins host John Ramstead to unpack some of the most critical shifts happening in the…
- A Game-Changing Electric Aviation Plan | David Stepanek · 44 min · Episode 79Bristow’s Chief Transformation Officer David Stepanek returns to Hangar X to share real-world lessons from one of the most credible electric aviation test programs today…
- Phantom 3500 Promises 61% Fuel Savings | Scott Drennan · 39 min · Episode 78In this episode of the HangarX Podcast, host John Ramstead talks with Scott Drennan, President and COO of Otto Aviation, about the breakthrough thinking behind the Phantom 3500—a…
- The Drone Moment We've Been Waiting For | Jeremy Schneiderman · 33 min · Episode 77Drones are quickly moving from hobby gear to essential industry infrastructure. In this Hangar X Studios episode, host and ex–fighter pilot John Ramstead talks with Jeremy…
- Solving Aviation’s Battery Problem · 38 min · Episode 76Electrification is coming to aviation, but Ampaire’s CEO Kevin Noertker says the practical near-term path is hybrid-electric, not fully electric. In Hangar X, he explains how…







