50 YEARS imagination meets innovation By Abe Peck and Vicki Speed For 50 years, AeroVironment has advanced UAV development. Today, the company is a Technology Solutions Provider at the intersection of four future-defining technologies: robotics, sensors, analytics and connectivity. Its culture of experimentation and R&D dates back to its founder, Dr. Paul MacCready Jr., whose achievements earned him the nickname “the father of human-powered flight.” From deploying the world’s most popular sUAS to designing the helicopter that’s en route to fly in Mars’ thin atmosphere, AeroVironment’s collective accomplishments provide a case study of imagination, innovation and collaboration—one that has and will bring effective solutions to frontlines, farms and frontiers, yesterday, today and tomorrow. inside 32 unmanned systems www.insideunmannedsystems.com August/September 2020
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