WOMEN IN AAM PODCAST: DRONELIFE.com’s Miriam McNabb on Drones and the Future of Advanced Air Mobility

What can drones teach us about the future of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty?

In this episode of the Women in AAM Pod­cast, Miri­am McN­abb joins chair­per­son Mar­i­lyn Pear­son to explore the oppor­tu­ni­ties, chal­lenges and prac­ti­cal ben­e­fits shap­ing aviation’s next chap­ter.

From inspect­ing haz­ardous infra­struc­ture to deliv­er­ing life­sav­ing med­ical sup­plies, Miri­am explains why the industry’s val­ue extends far beyond take­away deliv­er­ies. The con­ver­sa­tion exam­ines the com­plex­i­ties of build­ing resilient US sup­ply chains, includ­ing bat­tery com­po­nents, rare earth mate­ri­als and man­u­fac­tur­ing exper­tise.

Miri­am also shares her opti­mism about reg­u­la­to­ry progress, high­light­ing how flight tri­als and oper­a­tional data can sup­port safe inte­gra­tion. Togeth­er, they dis­cuss the com­ple­men­tary roles of crewed and uncrewed air­craft, along­side the infor­ma­tion shar­ing need­ed to accom­mo­date increas­ing­ly diverse air­space users.

Offer­ing a ground­ed per­spec­tive on an evolv­ing sec­tor, this episode explores why progress takes time—and why drones and AAM deserve greater recog­ni­tion for the every­day ben­e­fits they can ulti­mate­ly deliv­er.

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