Platform Aerospace’s Ultra-Long Endurance Group 3 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), Vanilla, completed mission requirements during a 27-hour flight at the Valiant Shield 2024 (VS24) exercise in Guam.

Platform Aerospace has successfully completed an arctic flight campaign for a DoD customer.  Vanilla flew two flights totaling more than 65 hours in the arctic circle, including operations north of the 78th parallel.

Robert Bryner joined Platform Aerospace as Chief Engineer this month. In this role, he is accountable for establishing and controlling technical milestones and quality performance of all engineering disciplines and projects.

Platform Aerospace is excited to welcome a new Financial Controller, Collin O’Neill. Collin will lead the Finance activities, including planning and directing the accounting and financial operations and processes of the company.

Vanilla Unmanned flew a mission for NASA to the inland sheet of Greenland.

Platform Aerospace is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Snow as Chief Growth Officer (CGO) as of 26 December 2023. As CGO, Jim holds a pivotal role in steering the company's organic and inorganic growth strategy.

Kurt Parsons, President & CEO of Platform Aerospace, is pleased to announce Wendy Piazza has joined the team as Director of Contracts.

Kurt Parsons, President & CEO of Platform Aerospace is pleased to announce Richard "Rich" Clarke, General, U.S. Army (Retired), has been appointed to the Board of Directors.

Platform Aerospace’s Vanilla UAS demonstrated  an air-launched swarm capability, deploying nearly 40 micro-UAS from wing-mounted stores.

Vanilla UAS wins next-phase contract for ASW capability development

Vanilla Unmanned and IMSAR successfully demonstrated a Group III UAS flying both radar and Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR) imaging simultaneously for an enhanced, long-endurance surface-search capability

What comes up can take its sweet time before coming down.

Vanilla Unmanned and IMSAR successfully demonstrated a Group III UAS flying both radar and Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR) imaging simultaneously for an enhanced, long-endurance surface-search capability

Vanilla Unmanned successfully demonstrated multi-day maritime domain awareness (MDA) operations during the Pacific Fleet’s (PACFLT) inaugural Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) in April.

Small drone biz Vanilla Unmanned has big plans for the US Navy

Vanilla Unmanned successfully demonstrated 73.5 hours (3 days, 1.5 hours) of continuous flight while providing HD EO/IR video and command & control (C2) over satellite communications (SATCOM).

Platform Aero is doing their part to help print Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for those on the front lines. With help from a grant from the Maryland Department of Commerce, we have been able to secure the BigRep ONE.

In the production business, the name of the game is to be able to produce a quality product in a timely manner while being able to have profitable margins…Here are 5 ways to optimize:

Close-In Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft (CICADA) are micro air-vehicles that can be deployed in large numbers to flood an area.

In this post we breakdown three common pitfalls in aerospace prototyping and manufacturing that, to our surprise, often go unheeded by major aerospace companies.

Platform Aerospace, was nominated as a Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland's Champion of Manufacturing in the category of Growth & Productivity.