PRESS RELEASE - AAMRadar™ & McClardy Aviation Strategies, LLC Announce Strategic Collaboration

Making AAM Real™ Through Experience, Strategy, and Action

AAMRadar™ and McClardy Aviation Strategies, LLC are proud to announce a strategic collaboration focused on helping airports, communities, industry partners, and public agencies navigate the evolving future of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS).

As aviation enters a new era of emerging technologies, infrastructure modernization, and operational transformation, successful deployment requires more than vision alone. It requires practical experience, strategic alignment, stakeholder coordination, and a clear understanding of how aviation systems reside and function in the community.

Together, AAMRadar™ and McClardy Aviation Strategies bring complementary expertise designed to help organizations move from conversation to implementation.

 

A Shared Focus on Practical Aviation Outcomes

At the center of this collaboration is a shared belief:

Successful aviation innovation depends on understanding both “the what” and “the why.”

That philosophy aligns closely with the mission of McClardy Aviation Strategies, LLC and AAMRadar’s™ commitment to Making AAM Real™ through actionable data, insight, operational awareness, and community deployment-focused planning.

This collaboration combines:

• Experience with federal regulatory requirements as it pertains to airport land use, airport noise, and other areas where airports integrate with the greater community.

• Airport operational and public-sector implementation experience

• Strategic stakeholder engagement

• Data-driven readiness and deployment analysis

• Infrastructure and ecosystem planning support

• Real-world understanding of airport environments and constraints

The result is a partnership built to help airports and aviation stakeholders identify opportunities, navigate complexity, and position themselves for sustainable, successful deployment.

About McClardy Aviation Strategies, LLC

McClardy Aviation Strategies, LLC was founded on the principle of helping aviation stakeholders achieve practical results through strategic advisory services, stakeholder collaboration, and federal process navigation.

Founder Mark McClardy brings more than 34 years of federal aviation experience, including 22 years serving as Director of the Airports Division for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Western Pacific Region.

In that role, Mark served as the senior FAA executive responsible for federal actions related to:

• Airport certification

• Airport funding

• Airport planning and design

• Environmental review and clearance

• Grant assurance compliance

• Complex airport infrastructure approvals

  
  

Mark’s FAA oversight portfolio included more than 300 airports across Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Territories, and Micronesia — encompassing some of the nation’s most operationally complex, controversial, and time-sensitive airport projects.

Today, McClardy Aviation Strategies, LLC supports clients through strategic advisory services focused on:

• Federal approval process navigation

• Aviation ecosystem collaboration

• Stakeholder engagement

• Airport infrastructure advancement

• Strategic airport development

  
  

The firm’s guiding philosophy — “Unique Insight. Practical Results.” — reflects decades of firsthand aviation leadership experience and a strong understanding of how to move projects forward successfully.

Learn more about McClardy Aviation Strategies, LLC:

https://mcclardystrategies.com

About AAMRadar™

AAMRadar™ was created to help bridge the gap between emerging aviation technologies and the realities of deployment.

Built from real-world airport leadership, public administration, and aviation implementation experience, AAMRadar™ focuses on helping airports, states, communities, and industry partners better understand where Advanced Air Mobility can work — and what is required to support successful deployment.

“We go beyond the technology itself” to better understand the communities, regions, real-world conditions, and operational context necessary to support successful deployment.

“Our platform and consulting framework are designed to build the operational and strategic context needed to move beyond high-level concepts and toward actionable implementation strategies.”

AAMRadar™ integrates geospatial analysis, operational readiness indicators, infrastructure signals, planning considerations, and ecosystem awareness into tools and insights that help organizations:

• Evaluate AAM and UAS readiness

• Identify deployment opportunities

• Identify real-world use case scenarios

• Understand infrastructure and operational constraints

• Support planning and stakeholder alignment

• Build practical implementation strategies

• Connect industry initiatives with community realities

  
  

AAMRadar™ is led by Aaron Thelenwood, Founder of AAMRadar™ (formerly Thelenwood Consulting), whose background includes airport administration, public-sector leadership, sustainability planning, grant development, policy implementation, and Advanced Air Mobility readiness initiatives.

Aaron’s experience includes leadership roles involving:

• Airport operations and administration

• FAA and state aviation coordination

• Public-private partnership development

• Infrastructure planning

• Community and stakeholder engagement

• AAM readiness and implementation strategy

• Emerging aviation ecosystem development

  
  

This operational and public-sector experience serves as the foundation for AAMRadar’s™ focus on realistic, scalable, and deployment-oriented aviation solutions.

Explore AAMRadar™: https://aamradar.com

Looking Forward

As aviation continues evolving, AAMRadar™ and McClardy Aviation Strategies, LLC remain focused on one core objective:

Helping airports, communities, and industry partners move from emerging opportunity to successful real-world deployment.

Additional updates and collaborative initiatives will be shared in the months ahead.