Company:Aeryon Labs

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Aeryon Labs
IndustryAerospace
FoundedWaterloo, Canada (2 February 2007 (2007-02-02))
Headquarters
Waterloo, Ontario
,
Canada
ProductsUnmanned aerial vehicles
Websitewww.aeryon.com

Aeryon Labs is a Canadian developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles. Founded in 2007, it is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. Aeryon Defense is a wholly owned subsidiary, based in Denver, Colorado, focused on sales and support for the US Government.[1] The company was purchased by FLIR Systems in January 2019 for US$200 million.[2]

Products

Aeryon Labs' UAVs have a field interchangeable payload interface to support multiple payloads. All imaging payloads are stabilized and include high resolution stills,[3] optical zoom video,[4] thermal Imaging,[5] HD video,[4] and dual EO/IR video/still camera.[6] The company's UAVs are:

Awards

David Kroetsch and Michael Peasgood of Aeryon Labs won the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute's 2012 Trans-Canada Trophy. The oldest aviation award in Canada (established in 1927), the Trophy is awarded for outstanding achievement in aviation.[10]

Aeryon was listed on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2014, 2015 and 2016[11]

Notable Uses

In 2011 the company provided a Scout UAV to the Free Libyan Air Force .[12]

In 2018, the SkyRanger drone provided support for disaster response following Hurricane Irma.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Aeryon Defense - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems". http://www.aeryondefense.us. Retrieved 26 April 2018. 
  2. ↑ "Aeryon Labs acquisition". Financialpost.com. https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/press-releases-pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/flir-systems-acquires-aeryon-labs-for-200m. Retrieved 2019-01-29. 
  3. ↑ "Photo3S". Aeryon.com. http://aeryon.com/products/payloads/photo3s.html. Retrieved 2013-05-23. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "VideoZoom10x". Aeryon.com. 27 September 2012. http://aeryon.com/products/payloads/videozoom10x.html. Retrieved 2013-05-23. 
  5. ↑ "Thermal Imaging FLIR". Aeryon.com. 25 September 2012. http://aeryon.com/products/payloads/thermal-imaging-flir.html. Retrieved 2013-05-23. 
  6. ↑ "SkyRanger Payloads". Aeryon.com. http://aeryon.com/products/payloads/skyranger-payloads.html. Retrieved 2013-05-23. 
  7. ↑ "Aeryon Scout". Aeryon.com. 27 September 2012. http://aeryon.com/products/avs/aeryon-scout.html. Retrieved 2013-05-23. 
  8. ↑ "Aeryon SkyRanger R60". Aeryon.com. https://www.aeryon.com/skyranger/r60/. Retrieved 2018-04-26. 
  9. ↑ "Aeryon SkyRanger R80". Aeryon.com. https://www.aeryon.com/skyranger/r80/. Retrieved 2018-04-26. 
  10. ↑ The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (2012), The Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy / Le Trophée Trans-Canada (McKee) , retrieved 19 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Deloitte. "Technology Fast 50 winners". https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ca/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/ca-en-fast-50-winners-2016.pdf. 
  12. ↑ The Canadian Press (24 August 2011). "Canadian robot spy flies for Libyan rebels - Technology & Science - CBC News". Cbc.ca. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/24/technology-aeryon-scout-drone-libya.html. Retrieved 2013-05-19. 
  13. ↑ "Aeryon Deploys SkyRangers to Support Hurricane Irma Response - Aeryon". https://www.aeryon.com/news/aeryon-deploys-skyrangers-to-support-hurricane-irma-response/. Retrieved 26 April 2018. 

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