About Us
Only from the heart can you touch the skies.
Our Team
Dr Seyed Mohseni is a serial entrepreneur who has founded a number of successful businesses with his academic background in aerospace engineering design. He holds an MSc in aerospace propulsion (Cranfield University) as well as an MBA and doctorate in gas turbine technology (Cranfield University). Samad Aerospace Ltd, a UK based company, developing a range of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) electric powered business aircraft for civil aviation use.
Dr Seyed Mohseni
CEO & Founder
Dr Seyed Mohseni is a serial entrepreneur who has founded a number of successful businesses with his academic background in aerospace engineering design. He holds an MSc in aerospace propulsion (Cranfield University) as well as an MBA and doctorate in gas turbine technology (Cranfield University). Samad Aerospace Ltd, a UK based company, developing a range of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) electric powered business aircraft for civil aviation use.
Dr Seyed Mohseni
CEO & Founder
CEO & Founder
Graeme joined Samad Aerospace in March 2019 after a 40 year career with BAE Systems where he held various senior engineering leadership roles on the design, flight development, certification and support on both civil and military aircraft. As Chief Engineer, and previously Chief Projects Engineer, Graeme gained a wide aerospace engineering experience at whole aircraft integration level including working with Air bus, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Gulfstream along with major equipment and engine suppliers. He was Chief Designer ATP and 748 at Prestwick leading to the development and certification of the Jetstream 61, a 64 seat turboprop. Graeme undertook an MSc at Cranfield studying all electric aircraft concepts, and later with BAES Aero structures saw some of the technology adopted when working with Boeing on the Sonic Cruiser / B7E7, evolving on the B 787. Following the successful sale of the Aero structures to Spirit Aero Systems business Graeme was selected for the technical leadership on interfaces for Future Capabilities in response to the UK MoD requirements and aligned with the Defence Industry strategy. The activity involved the definition of customer requirements and interface with other companies to develop solutions which were presented to senior stakeholders up to Minister level. In 2013 after the responsibility for BAES large military aircraft he was appointed Chief Engineer Hawk managing the restart of manufacturing and with responsibility for product development which involved the technical leadership and clearance for the Advanced Hawk proof of concept test aircraft operated under MRCOA. Graeme has been on the Royal Aeronautical committee’s for Manchester and Brough branches and active in continuous professional development including the mentoring of young talent. He has received a number of awards through his career including two from the Royal Aeronautical Society. For ten years Graeme was also Chief Engineer Heritage for BAES aircraft and for the engineering support to the Royal Navy Historic Aircraft and to the RAF Lancaster.
Graeme Codner
CTO
Graeme joined Samad Aerospace in March 2019 after a 40 year career with BAE Systems where he held various senior engineering leadership roles on the design, flight development, certification and support on both civil and military aircraft. As Chief Engineer, and previously Chief Projects Engineer, Graeme gained a wide aerospace engineering experience at whole aircraft integration level including working with Air bus, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Gulfstream along with major equipment and engine suppliers. He was Chief Designer ATP and 748 at Prestwick leading to the development and certification of the Jetstream 61, a 64 seat turboprop. Graeme undertook an MSc at Cranfield studying all electric aircraft concepts, and later with BAES Aero structures saw some of the technology adopted when working with Boeing on the Sonic Cruiser / B7E7, evolving on the B 787. Following the successful sale of the Aero structures to Spirit Aero Systems business Graeme was selected for the technical leadership on interfaces for Future Capabilities in response to the UK MoD requirements and aligned with the Defence Industry strategy. The activity involved the definition of customer requirements and interface with other companies to develop solutions which were presented to senior stakeholders up to Minister level. In 2013 after the responsibility for BAES large military aircraft he was appointed Chief Engineer Hawk managing the restart of manufacturing and with responsibility for product development which involved the technical leadership and clearance for the Advanced Hawk proof of concept test aircraft operated under MRCOA. Graeme has been on the Royal Aeronautical committee’s for Manchester and Brough branches and active in continuous professional development including the mentoring of young talent. He has received a number of awards through his career including two from the Royal Aeronautical Society. For ten years Graeme was also Chief Engineer Heritage for BAES aircraft and for the engineering support to the Royal Navy Historic Aircraft and to the RAF Lancaster.
Graeme Codner
CTO
CTO
Mohammad Reza is a multi-skilled and ambitious engineer, who has completed his MSc in Mechanical Engineering as the top graduate in 2014. Since starting his engineering work in 2012 he has gained vast engineering knowledge in different industry fields worldwide including gas turbine optimisation, oil and gas, technical drawing, construction, manufacturing site QC/QA supervision, systems engineering, Aerospace and biotechnology. As well as industrial and engineering experience, Mohammad Reza has scientific activities such as lecturing and research for both universities and industrial institutes. His international work experience in South America, Middle East and Europe with fluency in three languages (English, Spanish, and Persian) has made him an engineer without borders.
Mohammad Reza Marghoubkar
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
He is always eager to go through new state-of-art challenges and game changing projects especially in aerospace sector.
Mohammad Reza is a multi-skilled and ambitious engineer, who has completed his MSc in Mechanical Engineering as the top graduate in 2014. Since starting his engineering work in 2012 he has gained vast engineering knowledge in different industry fields worldwide including gas turbine optimisation, oil and gas, technical drawing, construction, manufacturing site QC/QA supervision, systems engineering, Aerospace and biotechnology. As well as industrial and engineering experience, Mohammad Reza has scientific activities such as lecturing and research for both universities and industrial institutes. His international work experience in South America, Middle East and Europe with fluency in three languages (English, Spanish, and Persian) has made him an engineer without borders.
Mohammad Reza Marghoubkar
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
He is always eager to go through new state-of-art challenges and game changing projects especially in aerospace sector.
Head of Operations
Current involvement in Autonomous & Connected Vehicles. Expertise in Design, Construction and Testing of UAV and Small Piloted Aircraft. Lifetime experience in high level Motorsport - For more than 20 years have led the transition of motorsport technologies into Aerospace/Other applications with particular emphasis in Electronic Control & Data Systems and Propulsion Technologies. Cosworth/Pi Research - McLaren Applied Technologies. Started formal work with Team Lotus in F1 in 1973. Founded companies (Racing Technology Norfolk -etc.) which conducted joint ventures with Toyota Motor Corporation and the Audi Volkswagen Group. Finished contracting work at McLaren Applied Technologies in December 2016.
Glenn Waters
Head of Advanced tech
Current involvement in Autonomous & Connected Vehicles. Expertise in Design, Construction and Testing of UAV and Small Piloted Aircraft. Lifetime experience in high level Motorsport - For more than 20 years have led the transition of motorsport technologies into Aerospace/Other applications with particular emphasis in Electronic Control & Data Systems and Propulsion Technologies. Cosworth/Pi Research - McLaren Applied Technologies. Started formal work with Team Lotus in F1 in 1973. Founded companies (Racing Technology Norfolk -etc.) which conducted joint ventures with Toyota Motor Corporation and the Audi Volkswagen Group. Finished contracting work at McLaren Applied Technologies in December 2016.
Glenn Waters
Head of Advanced tech
Head of Advanced Tech
John has a lifetimes experience in the Aviation and Aerospace Industry in multiple senior management roles including CEO, Managing Director, Marketing Director, Commercial Director and Business Development Director. John specializes in raising investment and finance for Airports, Aerospace and Aviation projects with a specialisation in UK Export Finance. He also assists in the acquisition of aircraft for Airlines including finance and leasing. John is a qualified NLP Specialist and Certified Human Resource Manager qualified with the American Certification Institute in Delaware, USA. He is also a Business Coach qualified at Bournemouth University in the UK. He has studied Aviation Economics and Finance at the London School of Economics. John operates several aviation networking groups on Linked In including Middle East Aerospace which was founded by John in 2009 and now boasts more than 9,000 members. John is a motivational and after dinner speaker and has appeared on Sky TV News and BBC News, to be interviewed about aviation issues. He regularly chairs and speaks at Aerospace and Aviation events worldwide to talk about key industry topics. He is the author of the book the 28 Golden Rules of Personal and Business Success and the 28 Golden Rules of Customer Service. He has delivered workshops to more than 3,000 individuals worldwide on the 28 Golden Rules of Doing Business in the Arab World. Johns experience includes the setting up of 8 Airline Training Centres in the UK and 8 Centres throughout India. In his earlier career he was involved with air accident investigation and personally trained more than 40,000 pilots and flight attendants in Safety and Emergency Procedures with a specialization of In-Flight Fire Safety and Fire Fighting. He consulted for the UK Civil Aviation Authority on In- Flight Fires and Fire Fighting procedures which were initially adopted by all Airlines in the UK and then ultimately hundreds of leading Airlines worldwide. As well as the UK Government John has provided consultancy for Governments of Quebec as well as the UAE and Qatar in Aerospace Business Park developments. John was the Co-Founder of Aviation Jobsearch.com which became one of the biggest web sites in the world for jobs in the Aviation Industry. After selling the company John joined the UK Regional Government and was responsible for setting up UK Aerospace offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has also had the benefit of being in the Management role at a Middle East Airport which has provided a deep understanding for the running and expansion of airports, route development to attract new airlines and business development of airports to generate non aeronautical revenue.
John Ellis
COMMERCIAL MANAGER
John has a lifetimes experience in the Aviation and Aerospace Industry in multiple senior management roles including CEO, Managing Director, Marketing Director, Commercial Director and Business Development Director. John specializes in raising investment and finance for Airports, Aerospace and Aviation projects with a specialisation in UK Export Finance. He also assists in the acquisition of aircraft for Airlines including finance and leasing. John is a qualified NLP Specialist and Certified Human Resource Manager qualified with the American Certification Institute in Delaware, USA. He is also a Business Coach qualified at Bournemouth University in the UK. He has studied Aviation Economics and Finance at the London School of Economics. John operates several aviation networking groups on Linked In including Middle East Aerospace which was founded by John in 2009 and now boasts more than 9,000 members. John is a motivational and after dinner speaker and has appeared on Sky TV News and BBC News, to be interviewed about aviation issues. He regularly chairs and speaks at Aerospace and Aviation events worldwide to talk about key industry topics. He is the author of the book the 28 Golden Rules of Personal and Business Success and the 28 Golden Rules of Customer Service. He has delivered workshops to more than 3,000 individuals worldwide on the 28 Golden Rules of Doing Business in the Arab World. Johns experience includes the setting up of 8 Airline Training Centres in the UK and 8 Centres throughout India. In his earlier career he was involved with air accident investigation and personally trained more than 40,000 pilots and flight attendants in Safety and Emergency Procedures with a specialization of In-Flight Fire Safety and Fire Fighting. He consulted for the UK Civil Aviation Authority on In- Flight Fires and Fire Fighting procedures which were initially adopted by all Airlines in the UK and then ultimately hundreds of leading Airlines worldwide. As well as the UK Government John has provided consultancy for Governments of Quebec as well as the UAE and Qatar in Aerospace Business Park developments. John was the Co-Founder of Aviation Jobsearch.com which became one of the biggest web sites in the world for jobs in the Aviation Industry. After selling the company John joined the UK Regional Government and was responsible for setting up UK Aerospace offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has also had the benefit of being in the Management role at a Middle East Airport which has provided a deep understanding for the running and expansion of airports, route development to attract new airlines and business development of airports to generate non aeronautical revenue.
John Ellis
COMMERCIAL MANAGER
Commercial Manager
Norman Wijker is a graduate of Cranfield University's famous Aerospace Vehicle Design course. After graduation, Norman worked in a variety of roles, from software coding for Tilt-rotor performance at the MoD to all-round design/manufacturing at Edgely Aeronautics and positions in Airbus and Boeing. In 2002 Norman brought together a team of sailors and engineers to design and race a C class catamaran for the "little America's Cup" and raced in championships in the USA and UK. This led to a job working for Airbus future projects during which time Norman was consulted on the new "innovation cell" in Toulouse. Since joining Samad in 2018, Norman has led the designs for e-Starling and Q-Starling
NORMAN WIJKER
CHIEF DESIGNER
Norman Wijker is a graduate of Cranfield University's famous Aerospace Vehicle Design course. After graduation, Norman worked in a variety of roles, from software coding for Tilt-rotor performance at the MoD to all-round design/manufacturing at Edgely Aeronautics and positions in Airbus and Boeing. In 2002 Norman brought together a team of sailors and engineers to design and race a C class catamaran for the "little America's Cup" and raced in championships in the USA and UK. This led to a job working for Airbus future projects during which time Norman was consulted on the new "innovation cell" in Toulouse. Since joining Samad in 2018, Norman has led the designs for e-Starling and Q-Starling
NORMAN WIJKER
CHIEF DESIGNER
Chief Designer
During his industrial career, he contributed to the design and then development of the avionics and systems for a variety of Airbus and Boeing airliners. His doctorate investigated the application of mathematical proofs to computing machines. Since joining academia, he has been part of the current revolution in aviation enabled by electrical power and miniaturised computers, focusing on the development of novel airframes and systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. He heads a group of engineers creating UAVs for variety of projects, for applications ranging from renewable energy to defence and security. He has given commentary and spoken on his subjects of expertise to television, radio, and online news channels, discussing airliner safety, defence of airports from rogue drones, and flying taxis.
Steve Wright
Head of Avionics
During his industrial career, he contributed to the design and then development of the avionics and systems for a variety of Airbus and Boeing airliners. His doctorate investigated the application of mathematical proofs to computing machines. Since joining academia, he has been part of the current revolution in aviation enabled by electrical power and miniaturised computers, focusing on the development of novel airframes and systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. He heads a group of engineers creating UAVs for variety of projects, for applications ranging from renewable energy to defence and security. He has given commentary and spoken on his subjects of expertise to television, radio, and online news channels, discussing airliner safety, defence of airports from rogue drones, and flying taxis.
Steve Wright
Head of Avionics
Head of Avionics
Dr Marwan Maurizio Chedid has an extensive background with aircraft structures (metal and composite materials, MSc Cranfield University), flight and ground loads (numerical and experimental, PhD at Cranfield University) means of compliance of the certification rules of Initial and Continuing Airworthiness, Structural Integrity Programmes (Operational Loads Measurement, Life Extension) developed through international aerospace manufacturers (Vulcanair, Partenavia, Pilatus, Evektor, and Comac) and maintenance organisation (Marshall Aerospace). This exposed him for more than 20 years to the challenges of the technical departments for civil and military aircraft regulated according to international aviation authorities. As part of the Type Investigation Process of a new aircraft, he covered the roles of CVE, Compliance Verification Engineer, Certification Manager (EASA Form 4 holder), for Office of Airworthiness, and Flight Safety, Accident Investigation Inspector as ICAO Annex 13. In Addition to leading knowledge in this industry, he gained exposure to the academic, lecturing (Health Monitoring at the Boeing IVHM Centre, Cranfield University and ERAU, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Campus Asia on Aviation Safety and Certification), and research world. Currently, he is based in Singapore as the Technical Director and founder of MC Consultant Pte Ltd, providing services in certification of aerospace organisation and product, and aviation safety. Recently, through his studies on UAS, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Demon UAV, BAE Systems and Castore and Polluce USV, Italian Aerospace Research Centre) he created valuable connections to further expand his knowledge on eVTOL platform too.
Marwan Maurizio Chedid
Certification specialist
Dr Marwan Maurizio Chedid has an extensive background with aircraft structures (metal and composite materials, MSc Cranfield University), flight and ground loads (numerical and experimental, PhD at Cranfield University) means of compliance of the certification rules of Initial and Continuing Airworthiness, Structural Integrity Programmes (Operational Loads Measurement, Life Extension) developed through international aerospace manufacturers (Vulcanair, Partenavia, Pilatus, Evektor, and Comac) and maintenance organisation (Marshall Aerospace). This exposed him for more than 20 years to the challenges of the technical departments for civil and military aircraft regulated according to international aviation authorities. As part of the Type Investigation Process of a new aircraft, he covered the roles of CVE, Compliance Verification Engineer, Certification Manager (EASA Form 4 holder), for Office of Airworthiness, and Flight Safety, Accident Investigation Inspector as ICAO Annex 13. In Addition to leading knowledge in this industry, he gained exposure to the academic, lecturing (Health Monitoring at the Boeing IVHM Centre, Cranfield University and ERAU, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Campus Asia on Aviation Safety and Certification), and research world. Currently, he is based in Singapore as the Technical Director and founder of MC Consultant Pte Ltd, providing services in certification of aerospace organisation and product, and aviation safety. Recently, through his studies on UAS, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Demon UAV, BAE Systems and Castore and Polluce USV, Italian Aerospace Research Centre) he created valuable connections to further expand his knowledge on eVTOL platform too.
Marwan Maurizio Chedid
Certification specialist
Certification specialist
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Usamah Abd Latif
Flight tests engineer
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Usamah Abd Latif
Flight tests engineer
Flight tests engineer
Amir Edalatian, has over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship and management of multinational corporations with a successful track record of taking companies from birth to growth stage and maturity. His background encompasses management and leadership of corporations with capital intensity such as heavy industries, logistics and technology companies. He has also been acting as a financial and strategy consultant to multinational corporations.
Amir Edalatian
Commercial advisor
Amir Edalatian, has over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship and management of multinational corporations with a successful track record of taking companies from birth to growth stage and maturity. His background encompasses management and leadership of corporations with capital intensity such as heavy industries, logistics and technology companies. He has also been acting as a financial and strategy consultant to multinational corporations.
Amir Edalatian
Commercial advisor
Commercial advisor
Professor John Fielding had 12 years industrial experience as apprentice, stress engineer and design engineer in Manchester working on the Nimrod, BAE 748 and BAE 146 aircraft. He then joined Cranfield University as the first ARB Research Fellow and subsequently became lecturer, senior lecturer, Professor of Aircraft Design and Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering. He was also Chief Engineer of the BAE Systems/EPSRC–sponsored DEMON technology demonstrator UAV. He is Professor Emeritus at Cranfield University where he teaches, supervises Post-Graduate students, and carries out research. He acts as a consultant and expert witness, and has published more than one hundred technical papers at conferences and in journals. He has given lectures in all continents, except Antarctica. The second edition of his popular textbook ‘Introduction to Aircraft Design’ was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017, and he has written a chapter in ‘The World of Civil Aerospace’, recently published by the S.A.E. He is an aircraft design advisor to two aircraft companies, and is president of the Cranfield College of Aeronautics Alumni Association.
PROF. John Fielding
Chief Design Adviser
Professor John Fielding had 12 years industrial experience as apprentice, stress engineer and design engineer in Manchester working on the Nimrod, BAE 748 and BAE 146 aircraft. He then joined Cranfield University as the first ARB Research Fellow and subsequently became lecturer, senior lecturer, Professor of Aircraft Design and Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering. He was also Chief Engineer of the BAE Systems/EPSRC–sponsored DEMON technology demonstrator UAV. He is Professor Emeritus at Cranfield University where he teaches, supervises Post-Graduate students, and carries out research. He acts as a consultant and expert witness, and has published more than one hundred technical papers at conferences and in journals. He has given lectures in all continents, except Antarctica. The second edition of his popular textbook ‘Introduction to Aircraft Design’ was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017, and he has written a chapter in ‘The World of Civil Aerospace’, recently published by the S.A.E. He is an aircraft design advisor to two aircraft companies, and is president of the Cranfield College of Aeronautics Alumni Association.
PROF. John Fielding
Chief Design Adviser
Chief Design Adviser
Professor Gray has strong industry background having spent nearly 30 years in the Aerospace Manufacturing/Engineering sector ultimately leading Airbus in the UK. He Led the UK Government Innovation agenda as Chief Executive of the Technology Strategy Board, responsible for £0.5bn annual budget and interacting with approx 5000 businesses large and small across all sectors. He also occupies board member and non exec roles of various bodies including Universities, third sector and Engineering professional bodies. Professor Gray has a recognised leadership role often providing opinion and keynote speeches across the Engineering and innovation landscape. Moreover, he is currently Professor and Director of Aerospace at Cranfield University.
PROF. Iain Gray
Chief Strategic Adviser
Professor Gray has strong industry background having spent nearly 30 years in the Aerospace Manufacturing/Engineering sector ultimately leading Airbus in the UK. He Led the UK Government Innovation agenda as Chief Executive of the Technology Strategy Board, responsible for £0.5bn annual budget and interacting with approx 5000 businesses large and small across all sectors. He also occupies board member and non exec roles of various bodies including Universities, third sector and Engineering professional bodies. Professor Gray has a recognised leadership role often providing opinion and keynote speeches across the Engineering and innovation landscape. Moreover, he is currently Professor and Director of Aerospace at Cranfield University.
PROF. Iain Gray
Chief Strategic Adviser
Chief Strategic Adviser
Richard has been the CTO for three aircraft companies (Samad, Explorer and DeLorean) and has held technical and certification leadership positions at many more. He has configured VTOL aircraft and hybrid and electric powertrain aircraft and configured many new aircraft from scratch (Stratos 714 and 716, Otto Celera 500L, Diamond Aircraft D-Jet, Explorer 500 and 750, Samad Starling, DeLorean DR7) and has worked in the technical fields and leadership of design, analysis, loads and performance. Richard has overseen the first flight of multiple new manned aircraft types – Diamond Aircraft D-Jet, the Stratos 714 and 716 and the Otto Celera 500L. Richard has written a widely used reference book on engineering for aircraft structures (Analysis and Design of Composite and Metallic Flight Vehicle Structures, 3rd Edition, ISBN 978-1-5272-3825-1) downloaded over 12,000 times, has written engineering software tools which have been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times and are used in every major aircraft company. He has held the position of adjunct professor at the University College of the Cayman Islands teaching engineering management where he established a scholarship fund for Students suffering financial hardship.
Richard Abbott
Aircraft design & certification advisor
graduated from Manchester Polytechnic (now the Metropolitan University of Manchester) in the UK in 1992. He worked as a stress engineer on multiple civil and military aircraft projects in the UK including multiple versions of the BAe Hawk, T45 Goshawk, Nimrod MR4, the Bombardier CRJ Aircraft and the Saab Gripen. Richard and family moved between San Antonio, Texas, USA (Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation, SJ30 business jet), Gossellies, Belgium (Sonaca SA, Dassault F7X program) and London, Ontario Canada (Diamond Aircraft D-Jet Program). Since 2008, through Abbott Aerospace, Richard Abbott has contributed to many aircraft projects at startup companies and established OEMs: Stratos Aircraft, Kestrel (One Aviation), Otto Aviation, Mooney, Boom, Piper, Bombardier, Solarship, CRI, PV Labs, Kopter (Marenco Swisshelicopter), ITPS, Wave Aircraft, Gore Design, Glasair, Knovel, Lilium, Kawak Aviation, Transcend Aerospace, Drake, Explorer Aircraft, M7, DeLorean Aerospace, Warrior Aircraft, Samad Aerospace, Recoil and ALP.
Richard has been the CTO for three aircraft companies (Samad, Explorer and DeLorean) and has held technical and certification leadership positions at many more. He has configured VTOL aircraft and hybrid and electric powertrain aircraft and configured many new aircraft from scratch (Stratos 714 and 716, Otto Celera 500L, Diamond Aircraft D-Jet, Explorer 500 and 750, Samad Starling, DeLorean DR7) and has worked in the technical fields and leadership of design, analysis, loads and performance. Richard has overseen the first flight of multiple new manned aircraft types – Diamond Aircraft D-Jet, the Stratos 714 and 716 and the Otto Celera 500L. Richard has written a widely used reference book on engineering for aircraft structures (Analysis and Design of Composite and Metallic Flight Vehicle Structures, 3rd Edition, ISBN 978-1-5272-3825-1) downloaded over 12,000 times, has written engineering software tools which have been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times and are used in every major aircraft company. He has held the position of adjunct professor at the University College of the Cayman Islands teaching engineering management where he established a scholarship fund for Students suffering financial hardship.
Richard Abbott
Aircraft design & certification advisor
graduated from Manchester Polytechnic (now the Metropolitan University of Manchester) in the UK in 1992. He worked as a stress engineer on multiple civil and military aircraft projects in the UK including multiple versions of the BAe Hawk, T45 Goshawk, Nimrod MR4, the Bombardier CRJ Aircraft and the Saab Gripen. Richard and family moved between San Antonio, Texas, USA (Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation, SJ30 business jet), Gossellies, Belgium (Sonaca SA, Dassault F7X program) and London, Ontario Canada (Diamond Aircraft D-Jet Program). Since 2008, through Abbott Aerospace, Richard Abbott has contributed to many aircraft projects at startup companies and established OEMs: Stratos Aircraft, Kestrel (One Aviation), Otto Aviation, Mooney, Boom, Piper, Bombardier, Solarship, CRI, PV Labs, Kopter (Marenco Swisshelicopter), ITPS, Wave Aircraft, Gore Design, Glasair, Knovel, Lilium, Kawak Aviation, Transcend Aerospace, Drake, Explorer Aircraft, M7, DeLorean Aerospace, Warrior Aircraft, Samad Aerospace, Recoil and ALP.
Designer Advisor
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Shayan Amin
Sales and Marketing executive
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Shayan Amin
Sales and Marketing executive
Sales and Marketing executive
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Arshia Mohseni
Accounting executive
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Arshia Mohseni
Accounting executive
Accounting executive
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Elizabeth Teal
PA to executive team
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Elizabeth Teal
PA to executive team
PA to executive team
Our Vision
SAMAD Aerospace is a technology start-up based in the United Kingdom. Our dream is to revolutionise the way humans and goods fly around the world. To achieve that, a group of world-renowned experts in their respective fields - including aerodynamics, aircraft design and propulsion systems - are working together to develop a range of products that will redefine the air travelling experience. Imagine a transportation system which is safer than a car, completely flexible, as eco-friendly as an electric vehicle, less time-consuming than any plane or train and is as luxurious as a private jet. This is the unique combination of features that will be offered by e-Starling and Starling Jet in a door-to-door human air transportation; thus completely changing the travel perspective.
Our products give back their users' most valuable asset - their time - allowing them to achieve more, when compared with existing travel options. Now that we have a proof of concept, 2018 was be the first of a seven-year project that will lead to the commercialisation of the e-Starling in 2022 and Starling Jet in 2024. If you share our vision and are as thrilled as we are about this exciting journey, we will gladly consider partnership and investing propositions that will help us achieve our mission.
Our Business Opportunity
Technology driven for an engineered future
- Market forecasts show 6 fold growth in air transport Increasing congestion in the cities increases the total travel.
- Even a one hour regional flight can mean an additional 2-3 hours travel to/from airport.
- This increasing air travel demands greener technologies.
Timeline
2018
S1D & S2D.
S1D. The first flying prototype of the e-Starling has been developed, to prove the SAMAD Aerospace concept. It has been named the S1 and is a 10% scaled fully electric and remotely piloted aircraft. It was showcased in EBACE 2018 in Geneva.
- S2D. Fully electric and remotely piloted aircraft. It was showcased in EBACE 2018 in Geneva.
2019
S1P & S2P.
S1P. In order to get a better idea of control mechanisms and the performance of larger fan propellers S1P is designed. It has been named the S1 and is a 10% scaled fully electric and remotely piloted aircraft. It was tested successfully in 2019.
- S2P. After a successful experience with the S1 SAMAD Aerospace (SAL) progressed to a larger prototype with a wingspan of 20% size the e-Starling, the S2. This aircraft was also fully electrically powered and remotely piloted and was used to demonstrate a more scalable prototype. The S1P uses contrarotating propellers to generate lift, instead of high RPM electric ducted fans (EDF) of the S2P.
2020
S5U.
S5U. 50%-scale prototypes of the e-Starling The first milestone of this phase was the delivery of an unmanned version (S5U). It has a wing- span of approximately 8 meters. The S5U prototype is expected to undergo flight tests in Sept 2020.
2021
S5m-Starling
S5M. The same as S5U, it has a wing- span of approximately 8 meters. This aircraft will be tested to give the confidence to the SAL team to move towards the second milestone, which is flight of a manned version of the 50%-scale prototype of the e-Starling (S5M).
2025
e-Starling
e-Starling. 5-Seater hybrid electric powered passenger aircraft with full VTOL capability. Cruising speed will be 300 Mph and a range up to 400 miles, depending on the payload.
2027
OUR CORE VALUES
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OWNERSHIP
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INNOVATION
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DEVELOPMENT
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INTEGRITY
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TEAM WORK
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THE FUTURE
A vision of success, parternship and innovation
Samad Aerospace are always looking for talented individuals that want a career to drive change and innovation in engineering.