GAMA Welcomes Two New Memberships

Kim Stevens District of Columbia

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced the additions of UAV Turbines and Zipline as Associate Members EPIC. 

UAV Turbines is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and was founded in 2014. They are focused on the research, design and development of micro-turbines for use in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) propulsion systems and portable ground power applications. UAV Turbines’ Monarch propulsion systems run on less-volatile heavy fuels and provide abundant on-board electrical power.

Zipline is an international instant logistics leader headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2014. They leverage expertise in robotics and autonomy, to design, manufacture and operate an automated delivery system. Zipline’s aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges and to inspire people, governments and businesses to imagine what is possible when goods can move as seamlessly as information.

For more information about GAMA membership criteria, visit gama.aero.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.