Matthew CottingFounder & CEO

Matthew Cotting

Aerospace and Department of Defense research. The same standard now runs every system Click & Close ships.

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Matthew leads Click & Close as Founder and CEO. His background in aerospace engineering and Department of Defense research leads him to build systems that move the company forward.

By working through pain points and constraints with a network of business owners, he finds the biggest problems and builds reliable solutions for their everyday work. Staying on the front lines keeps every solution both specialized and useful.

His focus at Click & Close is the same as in engineering: systems have to work the first time. He owns product vision, the technical architecture, and the standard every release is held to. The result is infrastructure owners can stake their day on.

  • Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
  • Department of Defense research
  • Rotating detonation engines
  • Wind-tunnel & UAV aerodynamics
  • Published at URCA '25
  • University of Alabama
Before Click & Close

The work behind the standard

Rocket launches, wind tunnels, and rotating detonation engines at the University of Alabama.

Launch-day recovery crew
Launch-day recovery crew
Propeller thrust-stand rig
Propeller thrust-stand rig
Rotating detonation engine study
Rotating detonation engine study
Level 1 certification launch
Level 1 certification launch
Building UAV avionics
Building UAV avionics
Radial RDE, static test
Radial RDE, static test
Annular RDE, static test
Annular RDE, static test
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
AAERO team at URCA '25
AAERO team at URCA '25
Detonation-engine CFD, Mach field
Detonation-engine CFD, Mach field
Test-cell control station
Test-cell control station
Annular RDE hot-fire
Annular RDE hot-fire
3D-printed propeller prototype
3D-printed propeller prototype
URCA '25 research poster
URCA '25 research poster
Subsonic wind-tunnel testing
Subsonic wind-tunnel testing
Radial RDE hot-fire
Radial RDE hot-fire
Detonation-engine CFD, methane
Detonation-engine CFD, methane
High-power rocket launch day
High-power rocket launch day
Detonation-engine circuit design
Detonation-engine circuit design
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