Area-I Inc.

Based in Georgia, US, and founded in 2009, Area-I, Inc. , a. k. a.

Area-I is an aerospace company that focuses on the development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The company provides a wide range of specializations in aerodynamics, mechanical design, autonomy, and prototyping, systems integration, flight testing, and flight controls of unmanned systems from the initial concept to the demonstration. In April 2021, Anduril Industries, Inc. , a portfolio company of Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Anorak Ventures, Human Capital, and Lux Capital, acquired Area-I Inc.

The company provides unmanned aircraft systems, such as Altius-600, Altius-500, Altius-900, and Ptera. Altius-600 is an autonomous tube-launched UAS that offers the ability to perform extended-endurance and multi-agent missions with a wide array of payload options. Altius-900 is an agile-launched, compressed carriage, high endurance UAS capable of carrying a variety of payloads. Altius-500 is a platform that stores and launches from A-size Sonobuoy Launch Canisters (SLC) from a mother ship operating at altitude.

Ptera is a platform used to evaluate and refine technologies and analytical prediction methods before transitioning to full-scale flight testing. Area-I also provides resource allocation for multi-agent planning (ReMAP) system that allows operators to control many unmanned systems by selecting tasks, automatically generating routes, avoiding each other, obstacles, and keeping out zones, acting on sensor feedback, and avoiding manned aircraft.