Working Groups
HAPS Alliance Working Groups enable our eligible members to deepen their participation and enhance their influence on the development and deployment of HAPS ventures. Whatever your area of expertise, as a leader in your industry, our working groups enable you to have a direct and tangible effect on the future of high altitude platform stations (HAPS).
HAPS Alliance Working Groups cover several critical areas: marketing and communications, aviation, and telecommunications.
Working together to accelerate technical growth of safe, reliable HAPS systems to unlock the worldwide services potential of the stratosphere.
We do this by sharing a HAPS Alliance-centric concept of operations with our regulators and stakeholders to find the best route forwards.
Chair of the Aviation WG: Andy Thurling
Vice-Chair of the Aviation WG: Timothy Down
Working to advance the global HAPS ecosystem for telecommunications use cases through education, research, regulatory advocacy, and technical standards.
Currently focused on standards contributions to multiple groups and regulatory guidance in support of HAPS solutions.
Chair of the Telecommunications WG: Fatema Hamdani
Vice-Chair of the Telecommunications WG: Shiro Fukumoto
Supporting the creation of HAPS ecosystem by supporting Alliance goals in driving awareness, safety and regulatory alignment and commercial adoption.
Currently working on educating stakeholders about the value of stratosphere and hybrid networks; building credibility and establigh authority in HAPS operations and bridging the divide between aerospace, teleco and regulatory by facilitating cross-industry collaboration.
Chair of the Marketing & Communications WG: Matthew Nicholson
Working Group Chairs
David Stephen KornSenior ArchitectNokia Federal SolutionsDavid Korn is a hybrid business development lead, R&D advocate, program manager, wireless communications systems engineer and architect focusing on developing new capabilities based on insertion of emerging technologies. 30+ years deep and broad experience base across multiple DoD, satellite, sensor, and communications companies (L3Harris, a few Silicon Valley start-ups, General Dynamics, Maxar, Lockheed Martin, US National Reconnaissance Office, US Naval Research Laboratory, others) spanning multi-platform (space, air, maritime, terrestrial) comms, signal intelligence, electronic warfare, radar, and navigation systems. MSEE and BSEE. Well-connected across the US defense industrial base and government teams. Familiar with DoD sponsorship of high-altitude airships, tethered aerostats, UAVs, and manned aircraft.
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David Korn is a hybrid business development lead, R&D advocate, program manager, wireless communications systems engineer and architect focusing on developing new capabilities based on insertion of emerging technologies. 30+ years deep and broad experience base across multiple DoD, satellite, sensor, and communications companies (L3Harris, a few Silicon Valley start-ups, General Dynamics, Maxar, Lockheed Martin, US National Reconnaissance Office, US Naval Research Laboratory, others) spanning multi-platform (space, air, maritime, terrestrial) comms, signal intelligence, electronic warfare, radar, and navigation systems. MSEE and BSEE. Well-connected across the US defense industrial base and government teams. Familiar with DoD sponsorship of high-altitude airships, tethered aerostats, UAVs, and manned aircraft.
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