Wesley Alexander · UAVHQ

Operator-grade drone intelligence from someone who has flown the hard parts.

Former Insitu/Boeing ScanEagle Commercial Chief Test Pilot, former UAS DPE for Insitu ScanEagle pilots and instructors, FAA published author, and senior aviation professional with 25+ years across training, flight test, and commercial UAS operations.

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25+Years aviation experience

5,200+Total flight hours

800+UAS flight hours

DPEFormer UAS DPE for ScanEagle pilots and instructors

Why it matters

Regulation only matters when it survives contact with the operation.

UAVHQ exists to translate aviation regulation, commercial UAS technology, training requirements, and operational risk into decisions a real team can act on. The work is less about slogans and more about manuals, airspace, aircraft assumptions, training architecture, safety cases, and the records that prove the program is under control.

Flight-test perspectiveExperience building and evaluating aircraft programs where documentation, risk, and execution all meet.

Examiner’s eyeTraining and qualification standards viewed from the practical side of certifying pilots and instructors.

Operator biasGuidance aimed at people who have to actually fly, maintain, staff, and defend the program.

Selected milestones

Commercial UAS firsts, flight test, and training leadership.

2024–present

UAVHQ

Drone industry intelligence, BVLOS readiness, Part 107/108 analysis, and operational planning resources.

2022–2024

MightyFly

Senior Test Pilot developing and executing flight test programs for two clean-sheet eVTOL aircraft.

2017–2022

Insitu/Boeing · ScanEagle Commercial Chief Test Pilot

SAIL III application work, Denmark BVLOS authorization, C2 software evaluation, and field deployment leadership.

2014–2016

Commercial UAS operations

Arctic Pathfinder, BNSF Railway FAA Pathfinder, and civil UAS fire-suppression milestone work.

2009–2013

UAS instructor / DPE

Instructor teams, pilot standards, FAA advisory roles, and ScanEagle / Integrator training and evaluation.

2000–2009

Airline training

Japan Airlines and Korean Airlines ab-initio pilot training, instructor leadership, and FAA pilot testing.

Historic firsts

Work behind the commercial UAS transition.

First-ever commercial UAS flight in the NAS — ScanEagle Arctic Pathfinder with ConocoPhillips.
First-ever BVLOS commercial UAS flight in the lower 48 states — BNSF Railway FAA Pathfinder Program.
First-ever use of civil unmanned aircraft for fire suppression — Paradise Wildfire, Olympic Peninsula.
First-ever FAA-approved Aircraft Flight Manual for type-certified UAS — ScanEagle RCAT.
First BVLOS flight authorization in Denmark under EASA SORA regulations.

Consulting intake paused

New client intake is currently paused

UAVHQ is not currently accepting new consulting clients. Existing commitments remain supported; select time-sensitive safety or regulatory inquiries may be reviewed as availability allows.

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