AAI is a full service UAS company with more than 25 years of experience designing, producing, testing, fielding, and supporting a complete family of advanced tactical UAS throughout the world.

Our foremost UAS is the highly regarded RQ-7B Shadow® tactical UAS, in service with both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. Shadow systems have amassed a record number of operational hours, including vital support of warfighters in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

AAI’s Aerosonde® small UAS is manufactured by our wholly owned subsidiary, Aerosonde Pty Ltd of Australia. The lightweight UAS can be launched using a catapult system or from the top of a fast-moving ground vehicle, and is used by NASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for hurricane research.

We also partner with Honeywell on its Micro Air Vehicle. As a subcontractor on this program, we designed and currently fabricate the center body and pod sections of the ducted fan air vehicle.

In support of our UAS, we have developed an interoperability network of common ground control systems — the U.S. Army’s designated One System® Ground Control Station, One System Portable Ground Control Station, and One System Remote Video Terminal.