Clint Church

Clint Church is the Chief Engineer of Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company, where he is responsible for engineering functions across all Aurora programs and leads an engineering organization that applies autonomy and robotics to the development, production, and operation of advanced aircraft.

Since 2017, Church has led Aurora’s engineering teams through a wide range of programs including an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) concept with Boeing and Porsche, Boeing’s autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype, and Aurora’s Odysseus solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite.

From 2015 to 2017, Church served as chief engineer on the Aurora D8 program, researching advanced commercial transport aircraft for NASA and the FAA and leading a team investigating the aerodynamic, propulsion, and structural design of a novel aircraft configuration relying on boundary layer ingestion propulsion.