AeroVironment Acquires Planck Aerosystems
August 17, 2022
AeroVironment, Inc. has acquired Planck Aerosystems, a San Diego-based developer of advanced unmanned aircraft navigation and autonomy solutions. The acquisition will accelerate AeroVironment's autonomy capabilities by integrating Planck's embedded Autonomous Control Engine (ACE) and other technologies into its medium unmanned aircraft systems (MUAS) business, expanding capability for operations from moving platforms and in GPS-denied environments.
- Buyers
- AeroVironment, Inc.
- Targets
- Planck Aerosystems, Inc.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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