who we are

A team that has done it all from design and manufacturing to operations and sustainment. Flight Frame was founded by a team of experts with the skills and experience to lead the industry in creating a new way of building and operating uncrewed aircraft. They have previously taken companies through pre-seed and growth stages, served in Army Special Operations Aviation, and have the education, credentials, and experience to succeed.

our team

Benjamin Butterworth
Chief Executive Officer

  • 12 years of experience in leading rapid development and employment of emerging technologies within Army Special Operations at the
    Aviation Technology Office.​​

  • 21 years of experience in military aviation and helicopter aircrew with the Marine Corps, Army Special Operations, and over 10 different aircraft.​

  • FAA Airframe & Powerplant licensed and Project Management Professional.​

  • B.S. in Project Management from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  • MBA from MIT Sloan

Konstantinos Fetfatsidis
Chief Operating Officer

  • Successfully founded and exited a VC-backed startup in automated manufacturing.​

  • Leadership experience through various stages of companies (pre-seed to growth stages).​

  • Significant experience leading & working on innovative aerospace & defense programs (>$100M in contracts w/ AF, NASA, DARPA, FAA).

  • B.S., M.S., and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UMass Lowell​

  • MBA from MIT Sloan

Daniel Christie
Senior Aircraft Systems Engineer

  • ​18 years’ experience in aviation including design, analysis, product development, rapid prototyping, and systems integration.​

  • Director of Engineering for Leidos Airborne ISR​

  • Sr Engineer of Advanced Concepts division at Blue Origin, developing in-space infrastructure for lunar permanence and vehicle development.​

  • Mission Commander for Special Operations commercial aerial platform.​​

  • B.S. Aerospace Engineering, NC State Raleigh​

why now

Flexible, mission-adaptable, and uncrewed platforms are needed across multiple industries including defense, logistics, and firefighting. These missions are traditionally performed via crewed aircraft that are subject to high cost, complex logistics, limited versatility, and rapid obsolescence.

what we’re doing

In an age of high-cost and exquisite aircraft designs, Flight Frame’s objective is minimizing costs both in operations, and sustainment over time. We achieve this by handling integration and certification, enabling end-users to specify their requirements and manufacturers to produce cutting-edge systems that all seamlessly integrate into a single, modular platform

We exist to make uncrewed aircraft accessible to innovators and operators alike with modularity.