MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) has announced that Craig Kitchen, chief commercial officer, will be a plenary speaker at the AHS International 73rd Annual Forum & Technology Display: The Future of Vertical Flight, in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 9 to 11, 2017.
Kitchen will participate in the opening day general session ‘Straight Talk from the Top’ discussion panel, moderated by ***Vertical*** magazine’s special projects editor Elan Head.
The AHS Forum is the longest running and most established international technical event on vertical flight technology in the industry. The three-day meeting will include over 250 technical papers on every discipline from acoustics to unmanned systems, as well as workshops, invited presentations, and discussions by nearly 50 leaders in industry and government.
“The AHS conference is really the only forum worldwide that brings industry together with key operating groups specifically to discuss the technology requirements that will drive growth across all facets of the rotorcraft market,” said Kitchen. “It’s an honor be part of the Straight Talk panel this year, and to meet and talk with other OEMs [original equipment manufacturers], suppliers and operators who are as committed to the future of vertical lift as we are at MD Helicopters.”
Kitchen will be joined on the ‘Straight Talk’ panel by senior officials from all major rotorcraft manufacturers.
“The pace of modernization in our industry is increasing exponentially,” said Kitchen. “The rapidity of our own efforts to design and deliver forward-leaning technologies has advanced markedly over the past two years. As more and more operators require next generation capabilities to meet today’s mission requirements, it is the sharing of ideas at venues like the AHS Forum that will ensure all players move forward with a singular focus: to deliver advanced capabilities that improve performance, reduce cost, and increase safety for all rotorcraft operators.”
The Straight Talk from the Top discussion panel will take place on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Fort Worth Convention Center, Ballroom B&C, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
