Gregory Hyslop

AIAA Foundation is a non-profit educational organization that supports and inspires the next generation of aerospace professionals. The non-profit company is based in Reston, VA and was founded in 1996. The company offers innovative K-12 and university programming, including STEM classroom grants, scholarships, conferences, and hands-on competitions.

Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry operates as a museum. It conduct exhibitions in the fields of science, technology, engineering and medicine. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

SkyGrid LLC, a Boeing and SparkCognition company, is based in Austin, TX. SkyGrid is defining a future where highly automated aircraft operate without the need for onboard pilots. The company provides safety-of-life approved flight operations management services for such aircraft to ensure operations of all participants in the air transportation system are safe and secure. SkyGrid is enabling a wide variety of commercial drone operations from remote inspections to making autonomous flight a reality. The company is solving for the industry's biggest challenge of integrating unmanned aircraft into the airspace and scaling safe autonomous operations. With SkyGrid's AerialOS™, they also help manage small UAS by providing airspace awareness, flight planning, and fleet management services. Built on AI and blockchain, SkyGrid provides an end-to-end solution to monitor the airspace, execute optimal flight paths, and manage a drone fleet. The company was founded in 2018, and Jia Xu has been the CEO of the company since 2023.