Aerosonde Ltd, now part of Textron Systems Unmanned Systems,[1] is an Australian-based developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, including the AAI Corporation Aerosonde series.
[2] The company has customers in Australia, Asia and North America who use its vehicles for reconnaissance and meteorological applications.
[3] The Aerosonde platform, then the sole product of Insitu inc. gained prominence on 21 August 1998 when an Aerosonde "Laima"[4] became the first unmanned aerial vehicle to cross the North Atlantic, covering a 3270 km route in a time of 26 hrs 45 min.
[5] On 22 June 2006, Aerosonde Ltd was acquired by the AAI Corporation.
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