The mission
defines
the design.
Grid Aero develops autonomous aircraft around the realities of modern operations: changing missions, constrained infrastructure and the need for affordable mass.

Operating thesis

The future will not be won byexquisite systems alone.

Airpower has become more capable - and more concentrated. Modern aircraft are harder to build, sustain and replace. Concentrating extraordinary capability in too few systems creates a strategic vulnerability.

Our mission

Restoring mass, flexibility andresilience to air operations.

Grid Aero exists to give commanders more options when traditional aircraft are too scarce to be everywhere, too costly to risk and too complex to sustain.

Why this team

From clean-sheet aircraft to fieldoperations.

Grid Aero brings aircraft design, autonomy, flight test and manufacturing together with defense strategy and operational logistics. That breadth keeps every decision grounded in what it takes to produce, field and sustain an aircraft - not just how it performs in the air.

Leadership

The people accountable for the aircraft,the company and the mission.

Arthur Dubois

Arthur Dubois

Co-founder & CEO

[ JOBY . X-WING ]

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Chinmay Patel

Chinmay Patel

Co-founder & CTO

[ WISK . LTA ]

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Brandon Florian

Brandon Florian

Co-founder & CCO

[ NORTHROP GRUMMAN . MANDALA ]

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James “Gherdo” Gherdovich

James “Gherdo” Gherdovich

CSO

[ US Air Force Special Operations Logistics ]

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Tony Perez

Tony Perez

VP of Business Development

[ US Marine Corps . Ernst & Young ]

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Raphaël Nardari

Raphaël Nardari

VP of Engineering

[ Zenith Aerospace . Stanford University ]

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EXPERIENCECLOSES THE GAPBETWEEN THEORYAND THE FIELD

Advisors

The people who challenge assumptions, sharpen priorities andkeep Grid close to the mission.

Leo Kosinski

Leo Kosinski

Lt General (ret). USAF - 30 years

Joint logistics / air mobility

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John Sullivan

John Sullivan

Lt General (ret). US Army - 37 years

USTRANSCOM / Army logistics

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Larry Martin

Larry Martin

Maj General (ret). USAF - 34 years

USAF strategy / international affairs

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Steve Marshall

Steve Marshall

Colonel (ret). USAF - 22 years

C-130 operations / PACAF

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Jack Swift

Jack Swift

Airborne Ranger and West Point graduate

Three-time CEO & Leadership Advisor

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Eric Hill

Eric Hill

Maj General (ret). USAF - 32 years

USAF Sr. leadership / operational strategy

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Jeff Wehrenberg

Jeff Wehrenberg

CEO - Martinaire Cargo.

Commercial cargo operations

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James Gayner, MBE

James Gayner, MBE

Lt Colonel (reserve). British Army - 25 years

Allied defense / expeditionary operations

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Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Colonel (ret). USAF - 25 years

USAF command / mission planning

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Partner with Grid

Grid works with operators and partners across government and industry to align aircraft development with real mission needs, integrate new capabilities and build toward production at scale.

Get in touch

info@grid.aero

Join the team

Build real aircraft for missions that matter. Join a team working across engineering, autonomy, manufacturing and flight test - and help take Grid’s aircraft from development into operations.