David Ambrose

Dave Ambrose is Vice President of Engineering at XTI Aircraft Company. He is responsible for all matters related to product development. Dave has over 30 years of aerospace development and technical leadership experience in both the commercial and military domains. Dave started his career at Cessna Aircraft and Beechcraft working on the Citation X, Citation Bravo and Premier 1 programs as a Propulsion Engineer.

He then worked at the famed Lockheed Martin Skunk Works for 21 years solving complex technical problems on the X-35 and F-35 for the Joint Strike Fighter program, the Presidential Helicopter, and various other classified and unclassified programs. At the Skunk Works, Dave specialized in conceptual, structural, and subsystem design, and in aircraft integration, including mission systems and stealth technology. More recently, Dave was part of the Aerion Supersonic AS2 team developing a supersonic business jet, where he was the Vehicle Integration Lead and Wing Integrated Product Team (IPT) Manager. Dave has a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering.