What Makes Us Different
Airgility is an early-stage unmanned aerial systems company uniquely combining:
Engineering: We combine the best characteristics of a helicopter, fixed wing aircraft, and quadcopter to create unmanned aerial systems with great flight efficiencies.
Performance: The engineered flight performance enables us to include higher level on-board computing without loss to flight time.
Effectiveness: The higher-level on-board computing allows the implementation of in-flight algorithms and AI to de-risk flight operations and enhance mission autonomy.
Adoption: We have a common architecture across multiple platforms allowing us to address multiple use cases with far less integration and effort than other platforms.Manufacturing: 3D printer friendly design, vehicle body structure over 90% printed for quick scalability, engineering response to need, and part creation.
About Airgility
At Airgility, we build autonomous systems that solve real world problems. We look forward to shaping the vision, enhancing effectiveness, and delivering capabilities to the adopters of strategic and tactical aerial systems.
Our designs escape traditional concepts and their inherent limitations, therefore, completely new opportunities and missions are uniquely possible with our products.
We further employ higher level on-board computing power to make our systems intelligent and open-ended to artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Our History
It all started with an idea in 2006 for the University of Maryland’s Design, Build, Fly Team. The design was inspired by the forgotten Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake.” Evandro realized that if actuation could be added to the propulsion system, he could create a vehicle capable of taking off and landing without a runway and of flying forward with superior efficiency when compared to systems with similar capabilities.
In 2015, Evandro disclosed the invention to the Office of Technology Commercialization and filed the provisional patent. Soon after, construction began on the initial idea, called HorseSHU (HS-1) (named after the Chesapeake Bay’s horseshoe crab). Upon successful completion of the prototype build, Evandro and Pramod founded Airgility Inc. in April of 2017. To further de-risk flight operation of HorseSHU’s highly unique and large design, a smaller test bed was needed. To fill this need, the miniSHU (MS-1) was designed to scale down from HorseSHU’s 6 foot diameter footprint to the size of a large dinner plate. The shell design of the vehicle, similar to a horseshoe/terrapin’s shell, proved highly favorable to 3D printing and proved useful in many other applications.
In the summer of 2018, inspired by a cartoon popular during the early 2000s, CatDog, the front halves of two miniSHU vehicles were attached back to back, beginning the design process of what is now known as the CatDog (DS-1). As the drone industry continues to evolve, Airgility is pushing the boundaries of innovation to keep our drones on the leading edge.
Mission Statement
At Airgility, our mission is to improve and save lives. We accomplish this by living our values of Be Passionate, Take Ownership, In Ambiguity We Find A Way, I’ve Got Your Six, Have Crazy Ideas, Stay In The Fight, and Integrity In Everything We Do.
We firmly believe collaboration among team members with varied pasts and perspectives generates more incisive and deeper insights that better serve our investors, employees and community and allow us to serve as One Team.
Inclusion & Diversity
Our Solutions are unique to each of our client’s needs. We believe that our team members should be too. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where our teammates can bring their full self to work. Striving for a team that represents the diverse communities and clients we serve makes us better.
We aim to fulfill the following objectives:
- Enhance employee engagement
- Recruit, develop and retain talented employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Expand community engagement and impact
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