Aeryon Labs is a Canadian developer and manufacturer of

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. Founded in 2007, it is headquartered in

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. Aeryon Defense is a wholly owned subsidiary, based in

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, focused on sales and support for the US Government. The company was purchased by

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in January 2019 for

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200 million.

Products

Aeryon Labs' UAVs have a field interchangeable payload interface to support multiple payloads. All imaging payloads are stabilized and include high resolution stills, optical zoom video, thermal Imaging, HD video, and dual EO/IR video/still camera. The company's UAVs are: * Aeryon Scout (discontinued) *

Aeryon SkyRanger R60 Aeryon SkyRanger R60 is a small reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and built by Aeryon Labs of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The vehicle was developed between 2011-2013. The SkyRanger R60 is a vertical take-off and landing VT ...

* Aeryon SkyRanger R80

Awards

David Kroetsch and Michael Peasgood of Aeryon Labs won the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute's 2012 Trans-Canada Trophy. The oldest aviation award in Canada (established in 1927), the Trophy is awarded for outstanding achievement in aviation.The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (2012)
The Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy / Le Trophée Trans-Canada (McKee)
, retrieved 19 May 2013. Aeryon was listed on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2014, 2015 and 2016

Notable Uses

In 2011 the company provided a Scout UAV to the

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. In 2018, the SkyRanger drone provided support for disaster response following Hurricane Irma.

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