Radia Appoints General Chris Badia to Strategic Advisory Role

Radia, the aerospace firm developing the WindRunner ultra-large cargo aircraft, has appointed retired German Air Force General Chris Badia as Strategic Advisor. General Badia brings more than four decades of NATO and national defense leadership experience, including his most recent role as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia.

His appointment supports Radia’s strategic expansion into defense, humanitarian aid, and global mobility markets. WindRunner is designed to deliver outsized cargo to remote or infrastructure-limited locations, offering a new logistics capability for aerospace and defense stakeholders.

NATO Expertise to Guide Next-Generation Logistics Platform

General Badia’s career includes senior command roles across NATO and the German Ministry of Defence. A trained fighter pilot, he previously led Fighter Wing 71 “Richthofen,” directed the European Air Transport Command in Eindhoven, and served as Director General for Planning at the German Ministry of Defence. His work has focused on readiness, resilience, and future force planning, aligning with Radia’s mission to modernize strategic airlift capabilities.

“Radia’s WindRunner is more than an aircraft, it is a transformational logistics enabler,” said General Badia. “Today’s operational demands require flexible, volume-driven mobility solutions that can reach austere locations quickly and at scale.”

Advisory Team Strengthens Defense and Mobility Focus

General Badia joins Radia’s Strategic Advisory Board alongside General Mike Minihan (USAF, Ret.), former Commander of U.S. Air Mobility Command, and Major General Thad Bibb (USAF, Ret.), Radia’s Vice President of Business Development for Defense. Together, the advisory team brings deep expertise in global mobility and operational logistics to support Radia’s development roadmap.

Radia is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado and Amsterdam, with operations across the United States and Europe. The company’s WindRunner platform is designed to serve defense, energy, space, and humanitarian sectors by enabling rapid delivery of mission-critical cargo.

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