Stephan van Vuren is CEO and Co-Founder of AirHub, a global specialist in drone operations and counter-drone solutions for public safety, security, critical infrastructure and defence applications. With roots as an Airbus A320 airline pilot and a specialist in aviation law, Stephan now leads the development of dual-use robotics platforms that integrate drones, unmanned surface/ground vehicles and C-UAS into a unified operational system. He and his team are helping organisations transition from small experimental programmes to large-scale, automated operations where real-time airspace awareness, mission orchestration and hardware vendor-agnostic ecosystems are standard.