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Aerosonde Ltd, now part of Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, is an Australian-based developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, including the AAI Corporation Aerosonde series.^{[citation needed]} The company has customers in Australia, Asia and North America who use its vehicles for reconnaissance and meteorological applications.^{[citation needed]}

Aerosonde Ltd

Headquarters	Australia
Products	UAV aircraft
Parent	AAI Corporation, Textron Systems

History

The Aerosonde platform, then the sole product of Insitu inc. 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.^{[citation needed]}

On 22 June 2006, Aerosonde Ltd was acquired by the AAI Corporation. AAI was acquired in 2007 by Textron.[1]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Aerosonde

Model name	First flight	Number built	Type
AAI Corporation Aerosonde	1998	1+	UAV

References

External links

• Aerosonde Ltd home page

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