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.
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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.
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Zach Montgomery
Simulation Lead
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.
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Doug Hunsaker
Aerodynamics Lead
After receiving a Ph.D. from Utah State University, Doug spent 4 years in industry working for Scaled Composites and Facebook on the SpaceShipTwo, Stratolaunch, and Aquila HALE programs. He returned to USU in 2016 and built the USU AeroLab, which conducts research in rapid vehicle aerodynamic prediction, optimization, simulation, and flight testing. His research has been funded by AFRL, NAWCAD, ONR, NASA, and other industry partners, which has resulted in 36 journal publications, 84 conference papers, and a textbook on flight simulation.