Jay Gundlach, President of Gundlach Aerospace LLC, is a leading UAS expert with two decades of experience in UAS product development. Previously, he was Director of Conceptual Design at Aurora Flight Sciences, where he developed advanced aircraft designs, supported environmental research, and served as the Orion ultra-long endurance UAS program manager. As Insitu's Vice President of Advanced Development he led development of the runway-independent RQ-21 Integrator small tactical UAS. He worked in the Naval Research Laboratory's Vehicle Research Section as a consultant. He is the author of Designing Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Comprehensive Approach, Second Edition; and co-author, with Richard J. Foch, of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Innovation at the Naval Research Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech.