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Volatus To Manufacture, Distribute Airial Robotics Drones

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, January 13th, 2023

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Volatus To Manufacture, Distribute Airial Robotics Drones

Airial Robotics G20 and G25 Gytrotrak drones. Photo: Airial Robotics

Volatus Aerospace Group [VLTTF] last week said it has entered into an exclusive partnership with German unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developer Airial Robotics to help manufacture, market and distributed the drones for commercial and defense markets in the Western Hemisphere and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Volatus, which is based in Canada, said it will sell Airial’s drones under its brand. “Volatus Aerospace has the commercial reach and resources to help us scale quickly with the added benefit of…

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