Who We Are

Founded in 2024 in Logan, Utah, Falcon Aerospace is a fully U.S.-based company dedicated to advancing the development and production of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). With over 30 years of collective experience in aerodynamics, flight hardware, simulation, and control systems, our team recognized a critical need: to make the entire development process—from concept to flight—more accessible, iterative, and efficient.

By unifying rapid aeromodel generation, simulation, and hardware development into a seamless pipeline, Falcon Aerospace empowers engineers and researchers to design, test, and fly faster than ever before. Our integrated ecosystem eliminates the friction between software and hardware systems—reducing complexity and accelerating progress.

At a time when the United States must strengthen its domestic innovation and manufacturing capabilities to keep pace with global technological advancements, Falcon Aerospace stands committed to delivering homegrown, high-performance solutions—from software to hardware.

Our approach provides an 80% turnkey solution that can be rapidly deployed and enhanced with high-fidelity custom components as needed. Because the sooner you fly, the sooner you learn.

  • Ashton Gilbert

    CEO

    Ashton is an aerospace engineer with a master’s degree from Utah State University and 15 years of experience in UAS development. His background spans fabrication, hardware integration, simulation, and flight controller design. During his time at USU, Ashton led several UAS-focused student organizations and taught courses directly related to unmanned aerial systems. These experiences—and a passion for advancing the state of UAS technology—has influenced Ashton to invest in the future of UAS development.

  • Zach Montgomery

    DESIGN DIRECTOR

    Zach is an aerospace engineer with a Ph.D. from Utah State University. He has 7 years experience working on multiple UAVs for the Department of Defense and Defense Companies with a focus on aircraft design, aerodynamics, flight mechanics, simulation, controls, and flight testing. He is passionate about advancing aerodynamic tools to speed up UAV design. He enjoys seeing preliminary designs mature to flight testing.

  • Doug Hunsaker

    Sustainability Director

    Doug earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University and continues as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His research spans a wide range of computational aerodynamics, from potential flow analysis to full RANS CFD modeling, applied to both 2D and 3D aerodynamic optimization. As Falcon Aerospace’s Sustainability Director, Doug helps guide the company’s long-term strategies and solutions with his expertise in aerodynamics, simulation, and their applications to UAS development.

Our team as a wide range of experience gained from supporting projects with:

Scaled Composites NASA Kihomac AFIT Facebook

Air Force Research Lab Sandia National Labs Naval Air War Center Vayu

Griffon Aerospace Anduril Industries TTM Technologies Aerovironment

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