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EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system mapping based in Bothell, Washington, in the Seattle metropolitan area [1] with operations in Rochester, New York. [2] [3] [4] The company was founded by Chris Pershing and Dave Carlson in 2008.
Demand from government operators led to the development of the Aeronautics Defense Dominator, a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used for aerial surveillance. For several years, the company was developing a single-engined very light jet, the Diamond D-Jet, intended for both private and military customers. [3]
Aerovel Corporation was founded in 2006 by Dr. Tad McGeer, a designer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at various companies for more than 25 years. [1] McGeer co-founded The Insitu Group in 1992, where he was the architect of Aerosonde, SeaScan and ScanEagle. Aerovel Flexrotor is the next evolution in McGeer's line of unmanned aerial systems. [2]
In 1986, Sanders Associates was bought by Lockheed Corporation and became Sanders, A Lockheed Company. Following the Lockheed/Martin Marietta merger in 1995, Sanders was merged into Lockheed Martin Aerospace Electronic Systems. In July 2000, Lockheed announced the sale of this group to BAE Systems for $1.67 billion.
The company was founded in 2014 by Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL who utilized airborne surveillance during his service. [6] [7] Initially, Sheehy operated one plane to assist ranchers with tracking their cattle from the air. [2] He shifted the company's focus to aerial firefighting during the 2015 wildfire season. [8]
AirScan was also implicated in air surveillance operations over Macedonia as part of a contract in support of NATO interference in the civil war in former Yugoslavia. AirScan operated a Cessna 337H Skymaster registered N729AS (c/n33701938) fitted with special equipment including a FLIR ball under the port (left) wing and a weather radar under ...
Aerial Surveillance LLC The Butterfly LLC was an American aircraft manufacturer specializing in homebuilt gyroplanes . Complete gyroplane kits were offered for the homebuilt market, as well as completed aircraft marketed for law enforcement surveillance.
The company rebranded itself as PrecisionHawk in 2012 as one of the first commercial drone companies focused on agricultural aerial data. Since then, PrecisionHawk began drone servicing for enterprise clients (2011), released its Lancaster drone (2012), founded DataMapper (2014), launched LATAS (2015), acquired TerraServer (2015), partnered ...