Robinson Helicopter Buys UAS Company In Its First Acquisition

Ascent Technologies Spirit
Credit: Ascent Technologies
Robinson Helicopter has made the first corporate acquisition in its 50-year history by purchasing an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) developer. Wilmington, Massachusetts-based Ascent AeroSystems, the developer of battery-powered cylindrical airframe vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) co-axial UAS...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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