Aeryon Labs


Aeryon Labs is a Canadian developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Founded in 2007, it is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. Aeryon Defense is a wholly owned subsidiary, based in Denver, Colorado, focused on sales and support for the US Government. Aeryon Labs Inc was purchased by FLIR Systems in January 2019 for US$200 million.

Products

Aeryon Labs' UAVs have a field interchangeable payload interface to support multiple payloads. All imaging payloads are stabilized and include high resolution stills, optical zoom video, thermal Imaging, HD video, and dual EO/IR video/still camera. The company's UAVs are:
David Kroetsch and Michael Peasgood of Aeryon Labs won the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute's 2012 Trans-Canada Trophy. The oldest aviation award in Canada, the Trophy is awarded for outstanding achievement in aviation.
Aeryon was listed on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2014, 2015 and 2016

Notable Uses

In 2011 the company provided a Scout UAV to the Free Libyan Air Force.
In 2018, the SkyRanger drone provided support for disaster response following Hurricane Irma