Charlton Evans

Charlton Evans is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of End State Solutions, a firm focused on certification of autonomy and airworthiness for AAM, drone delivery, HAPS and RPAS. Charlton was a Harrier Pilot and Tactical Air Controller in the Marine Corps and a still flies for business and pleasure as a commercial pilot. Charlton has led several successful civil and military drone certifications as well as historic BVLOS flight operations. Recently End State Solutions enabled Chevron and AATI achieve a historic BVLOS 91.113(b) waiver and 44807 exemption for pipeline patrol in the San Juaquin Valley. ESS also enabled the FAA type certification of the Matternet M2 delivery drone. Charlton led historic linear infrastructure and disaster response flights with the type certified ScanEagle^tm UAS that resulted in the induction of ScanEagle^tm N202SE into the Smithsonian Institute in 2016. Today End State Solutions is considered a trusted advisor by both industry and FAA, engaged across the spectrum of type cert, production cert, 44807 exemptions and operational waivers as well as regulatory affairs – building relationships that build trust and products that are trusted through certification.