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Anduril Acquires UAS Developer Area-I

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

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Anduril Acquires UAS Developer Area-I

Area-I's ALTIUS-600 tube-launched unmanned aircraft system and be carried in multiple configurations. Photo: Area-I

Anduril Industries on Thursday said it has acquired Area-I in a deal that builds out its line of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with fixed-wing aircraft and related technologies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Area-I, which is based in the Atlanta area, has 73 employees. Area-I has three product lines built around the ALTIUS family of UAS systems, and a UAS testbed system it bills as a “flying laboratory” to evaluate various technologies. The company’s primary customer is the…

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