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Perspectives

An executive journal.

Long enough to matter. Short enough to read before a meeting. Perspectives is where the firm publishes what it believes leaders should be thinking about.

Aviation · 2026 · Featured

The Future of European Aviation.

Why the next chapter of the European industry will be written less by demand and more by geopolitics, capital and consolidation.

A closer reading of the structural forces reshaping the industry, from a senior advisory perspective. Written for executives and their boards.

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Governance · 2026

Why AI Has Become a Board Issue.

Separating the transformative signal from the operational noise — a view for the directors who now own the question.

Leadership · 2026

Building Resilient Organisations.

Resilience is not a risk register. It is a strategic property of the institution, and it is decided at the top.

Travel · 2025

Travel Beyond 2035.

A framework for governments and operators managing the visitor economy as a long-duration portfolio.

Aerospace · 2025

The Next Era of Aerospace.

Sovereign capability, commercial space and the industrial base that will decide who leads the decade.

Selected Publications

Research and published work by AstraWorx principals.

2019 · Book Chapter

Sustainable Alternative Air Transport Technologies

Andreas B. Hardeman
Published in: Sustainable Aviation
Springer, 2019
pp. 277–306

An examination of emerging aviation technologies—including cargo drones, electric aircraft and supersonic flight—and the sustainability and regulatory challenges created as innovation moves ahead of existing international standards.

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2021 · Research Paper

Sustainability: Key to Enable Next Generation Supersonic Passenger Flight

Andreas B. Hardeman & Lourdes Q. Maurice
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 1024, 012053
2021

An examination of why sustainability must be integrated into the development of a new generation of supersonic passenger aircraft, encompassing technology, operations, environmental performance and stakeholder acceptance.

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