Applied Aeronautics

Applied Aeronautics designs, builds and sells long range, low cost unmanned aerial systems. The company is based in Austin, Texas, in the United States. Its site also lists an office in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in 2014.

The company's flagship product is the Albatross UAV. The site describes it as an end-to-end, fixed wing platform with long range performance and a modular design. It lists a 4.5 kg payload capacity, a flight time of four hours, a range of 200 km and full autonomy. The site says it is NDAA compliant and lists a base price of $2,000.

The company's services include mission analysis, system design, payload integration, testing and validation, and deployment. It also offers operator training and ongoing technical support. The site says the team writes continuously updated documentation for each system.

The site says the company's customers include government, defense, research and industry groups. It says its systems support security and surveillance work. It says research programs at universities and national labs use its platforms, including FAA ASSURE and NASA supported efforts. It also says energy operators use its systems for infrastructure inspection.

The site says the company has operated in more than 55 countries. It describes its design approach as design to cost. It says the company builds its systems in the USA and uses a modular architecture so that payloads and avionics can be changed for each mission.

The site has a contact form, a request consultation option, a blog, news and an FAQ page. It lists Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 7pm. Saturday and Sunday are closed.