{"id":121272,"date":"2021-04-06T17:22:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T00:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/imagination-meets-innovation-aerovironments-50-years-leading-the-way-pt-1"},"modified":"2021-04-06T17:22:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T00:22:26","slug":"imagination-meets-innovation-aerovironments-50-years-leading-the-way-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/imagination-meets-innovation-aerovironments-50-years-leading-the-way-pt-1","title":{"rendered":"Imagination Meets Innovation: AeroVironment\u2019s 50 Years Leading the Way, Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/imagination-meets-innovation-aerovironments-50-years-leading-the-way-pt-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/imagination-meets-innovation-aerovironments-50-years-leading-the-way-pt-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2320\" height=\"560\" \/><br \/> For 50 years, AeroVironment has advanced UAV development. Today, the company is a Technology Solutions Provider at the intersection of four future-defining technologies: robotics, sensors, analytics and connectivity. Its culture of experimentation and R&amp;D dates back to its founder, Dr. Paul MacCready Jr., whose achievements earned him the nickname \u201cthe father of human-powered flight\u201d. From deploying the world\u2019s most popular sUAS to designing the helicopter that\u2019s en route to fly in Mars\u2019 thin atmosphere, AeroVironment\u2019s collective accomplishments provide a case study of imagination, innovation and collaboration \u2014 one that has and will bring effective solutions to frontlines, farms and frontiers, yesterday, today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><b>Leading the Way: UAS Capabilities \u2013 Onward and Upward<\/b><\/p>\n<p>From solar-powered aircraft to the first hand-launched small UAS (sUAS) for military reconnaissance, AeroVironment literally launched the era of small aerial vehicles for environmental, commercial and defense purposes. For 35 years, the company has made its UAVs smaller and simpler, yet with multiple and ever-more-innovative functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 50 years, AeroVironment has advanced UAV development. Today, the company is a Technology Solutions Provider at the intersection of four future-defining technologies: robotics, sensors, analytics and connectivity. Its culture of experimentation and R&amp;D dates back to its founder, Dr. Paul MacCready Jr., whose achievements earned him the nickname \u201cthe father of human-powered flight\u201d. From [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,9,6,8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-military","category-robotics-ai","category-space","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}