Founder & CEO

Henry is an Aerospace Engineer with a proven track record in advanced flight systems and strategic consulting. At Orbital (acquired by Northrop Grumman), he was part of the Advanced Space Programs team that secured a $935M NASA prime contract. He also designed and built drones for NASA flight research and was a finalist in two NASA aerospace design competitions. Before returning to aerospace, Henry advised clients on strategy and operations as a consultant at Deloitte. He holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and TS/SCI clearance.

Head of Business

Cameron is a former U.S. Army Attack & Reconnaissance Troop Commander with 8 years of leadership experience. He led over 80 soldiers and managed a fleet of 8 AH-64 Apache helicopters and 4 Shadow drones valued at $400M. He also directed aerial operations with NATO partners across Europe and the U.S. and oversaw maintenance operations for a $300M helicopter fleet. Cameron is a qualified AH-64 Apache Pilot, Air Mission Commander, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Point.

Senior Aerodynamics Engineer

Raunaq is an aerodynamics engineer with experience across aerospace, motorsport, and automotive industries. At Red Bull Racing in England, he worked on the underfloor designs for the 2024 and 2025 Formula 1 cars. He previously led aerodynamics design, simulation, and testing for Tesla’s next-generation vehicles. Raunaq has also worked to projects at SpaceX on Starship, as well as at Boeing, Southwest Airlines, and Daimler Trucks. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University.

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Peter is a mechanical engineer with over a decade of experience driving the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced EV powertrains and automotive transmissions. At Canoo, Faraday Future, and Honda R&D, he led critical hardware programs from prototype to production, specializing in electric drive units, transmission systems, and large-scale high-volume manufacturing processes. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.

Senior Software Engineer

Shaunak is a software engineer and roboticist who has built embedded imaging systems for drones at Teledyne FLIR and designed next-generation factory automation software at Rapid Robotics. He has led full-stack product development across hardware and software, specializing in embedded vision systems, autonomous platforms, and rapid prototyping. Shaunak holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from UC Santa Barbara.

Mechanical Engeering Intern

Michelle is a mechanical engineering student at Cornell with experience in aerospace design and manufacturing. At the Cornell Space Systems Design Studio, she designed a propulsion test structure for a CubeSat and leads development of an attitude determination system for the lab’s Space Domain Awareness Simulator. She interned at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, where she designed the baffle for MICADO, the camera for the Extremely Large Telescope in Chile. She also has experience designing and testing tungsten-based transition edge sensors for dark matter detection

Integrated Marketing Intern

Lea is a marketing strategist and creative producer with experience in content development, brand storytelling, and multi-platform campaigns. At BLADE Urban Air Mobility, she led communications and customer relations for the company’s NBAA-BACE activation and helped launch the Hamptons Streamliner coach service. She managed content strategy, produced video campaigns, designed marketing assets, and coordinated airport-to-lounge flight connections. Lea is pursuing a dual B.A. in Public Relations & Advertising and Design at USC and completing a PR Risk Management certification through UCLA Extension.

Icarus designs, manufactures, and assembles its solar-powered stratospheric birds at our headquarters in Los Angeles, California. Our Los Angeles facility is the engineering, manufacturing, and business nerve center of Icarus. One of the few places on Earth where an entire stratospheric drone is designed, built, and brought to life under one roof.

Icarus tests its stratospheric birds at our flight development and testing area in the Mojave Desert, California. Spanning wide-open airspace and rugged terrain, the site is built for rapid testing, iteration, and validation of full flight systems. From launch to recovery, every major system is proven here before operational deployment.