SAE International, the global non-profit organization committed to advancing mobility knowledge and solutions for the benefit of humanity, has announced its 2025 class of SAE Fellows, which includes Mike Hirschberg, founder and principal of Hirschberg Heuristics Advisors, LLC. H2 Advisors provides strategic aviation insights to global clients in industry, academia, associations and government agencies.

“Hydrogen aviation will not scale on engineering alone,” said Danielle McLean, Founder and CEO of HYSKY Society. “It requires federal alignment, funding architecture, regulatory coordination, and durable bipartisan strategy. This course gives leaders the literacy to navigate that system responsibly and effectively.”

Right now, the "front lines" of hydrogen aviation are found in the deployment of the long range drone. This is where the technology is currently operational and proving its worth. In this stage, operations are typically contained and highly controlled.