Léonard brings expertise and passion for deploying large scale airborne autonomous systems. Prior to joining Kittyhawk, he was Head of Aviation Strategy at Loon (an Alphabet Company) where he worked to advance human automation teaming, novel performance-based safety concepts and develop collaborative traffic management. Previously, he served as Loon’s Head of In-Flight Operations, where he built and led the teams in charge of safely operating hundreds of vehicles and close to 2 million flight hours, leveraging concepts inspired from Google where he worked earlier in his career. Leonard was the chair of the HAPS Alliance Aviation Working group and is a fellow member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
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