Aerosonde Ltd
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Aerosonde Ltd is an Australian-based developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, including the Insitu Aerosonde series. The company has customers in Australia, Asia and North America who utilize its vehicles for reconnaissance and meteorological applications.
The company gained prominence on 21 August 1998 when an Aerosonde "Laima" became the first unmanned aerial vehicle to cross the North Atlantic, covering a 3270 km route in a time of 26 hrs 45 min.
On 22 June 2006 Aerosonde Ltd was acquired by the AAI Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the United Industrial Corporation.
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