
Airbus' buy of Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel will add the Aerovel Flexrotor drone to the European defense giant's U.S. product line in what Rob Geckle, the chairman and CEO of Airbus Space and Defense, called his focus on "how we can answer those demand signals and mission gaps that are coming from DoD and its component branches." The Aerovel acquisition may boost Airbus' defense presence in the U.S., as DoD autonomous drone demand heats up (Defense Daily, May 7). The Flexrotor…