Future of Aviation: Where Digital Capabilities Fuel Human-Led Innovation and Expertise Written 22 July 2025

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It’s the year 2050 and in city centers like New York, people are immersed in “vertical living,” with minimal need to go to a surface street to get places. This futuristic vision was how Dr. Tim Persons, a principal and AI leader at PwC with more than three decades of AI and digital experience, opened this year’s AIAA AVIATION Forum at Caesar’s Forum in Las Vegas. “This is science fiction – the question is, how do we convert it to science fact?” he challenged the audience.
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