Mike Hirschberg is the executive director of the Vertical Flight Society (formerly the American Helicopter Society), an organization deeply involved in the science and research driving electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and urban air mobility (UAM). Hirschberg was previously a principal aerospace engineer with Centra Technology, providing technical and program management support for more than 10 years to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) on advanced aircraft and rotorcraft concepts. Before this, Hirschberg worked from 1994 to 2001 in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program office, supporting the development of the X-32 and X-35 vertical flight propulsion systems. Hirschberg holds a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia and a master's in mechanical engineering from Catholic University of America. AIN sat down with Hirschberg at Heli-Expo 2020 to discuss the future of UAM.
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