Teledyne FLIR Develops New Drone System for Defense and Public Safety Customers
Teledyne FLIR, which acquired UF startup Altavian, Inc. in December 2020., has launched a next-generation drone system, named the ION M640x tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).
FLIR Systems Acquires UF Startup Altavian, Inc.
FLIR Systems, Inc., a company specializing in the design and production of thermal imaging cameras, components and imaging sensors, announced that it has acquired UF startup Altavian, Inc., a privately-held manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for defense and public safety customers.
UF Startup Among Small Drones Vendors for Federal Procurement
The Defense Innovation Unit has announced that starting September 2020, agencies can use the General Services Administration Schedule to buy from five drone manufacturing companies that were made available through the Blue sUAS program. UF startup Altavian, a Gainesville-based company, is among the approved vendors along with Vantage Robotics, Parrot, Teal, and Skydio. Learn more about UF Startup Among Small Drones Vendors […]
Sinclair, Altavian Partner to Use 3-D Technology to Print Masks
UF startup Altavian, a drone maker that supplies the US military, and Sinclair College, a Dayton, Ohio-based community college, have partnered to rapidly produce and freely distribute N95 equivalent masks to front-line medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sinclair and Altavian will work collaboratively to make sure masks are available to local providers and in […]
Military Drone Maker, Altavian, Is Churning Out N95 Masks for COVID-19 Response
UF startup Altavian, a drone maker that supplies the US military, has shifted some of its production to a new kind of N95-grade mask to be used by medical personnel on the frontlines of America’s latest battle—the COVID-19 emergency response. In fact, the new masks may even exceed the protection of traditional N95 models. The […]
Altavian Awarded Contract for Development of New Military Drone Prototype
UF startup Altavian, a U.S.-based Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing firm, announced the award of the Short Range Reconnaissance Prototype (SRR) contract as a part of the Army’s effort to field a next-generation drone weighing less than 5 pounds flown by a single operator. This program is the first of several Army multi-year […]
Drone Maker Sees Business Opportunity In Keeping Workers And Warfighters Safe (Forbes)
This is the story of UF startup Altavian’s beginnings and a little hint of the role UF Innovate | Tech Licensing played in it. For intrepid wildlife biologists stomping around in the bush, it’s not an animal mauling or an attacking microbe that most often spells doom. Statistically speaking, it’s the aircraft they use to […]
Altavian Taking Drone Technology to New Heights (Business Report)
Imagine being a graduate student working a part-time job in a lab with expert aerospace engineer faculty members and geomatic scientists. Never in your wildest dreams would you imagine that a short time later you would be developing technology for the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Service. A modern day “Shark Tank” […]
Altavian Awarded US Army TUAS Contract (Altavian)
UF startup Altavian, Inc., a U.S.-based Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing firm, announced the award of a $250MM Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract with the US Army. Under the Program Executive Office Aviation, Products Office for Tactical Unmanned Aircraft (TUAS), Altavian will be supporting the largest small UAS program in the world. The […]