Company Profile

Planck Aerosystems Inc
Profile last edited on: 2/7/22      CAGE: 79XM3      UEI: FNMEBP6YMYL7

Business Identifier: New era of drone flight: unlocking world of new applications
Year Founded
2014
First Award
2017
Latest Award
2021
Program Status
Active
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Location Information

710 13th Street Unit 307
San Diego, CA 92101
   (619) 230-5049
   info@planckaero.com
   www.planckaero.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 52
County: San Diego

Public Profile

Focused on developing drones for maritime professional application, Planck Aerosystems provides fully autonomous operations in the marine environment, from take-off to landing and everything in between. Arguably the first autonomous drone company to focus on operating from moving vehicles including launching drones from boats as well as on-land vehicles, the firm has assembled a diverse team to tackle tough problems - to include experts in shipboard aviation, UAV controls, autonomous systems, robotics, computer vision algorithms, and maritime operations. These foundation-laying efforts have enabled the firm to become specialist in the design and building autonomy and navigation solutions for unmanned systems. empowering UAS to operate from moving platforms, to team with unmanned ground vehicles and vessels, and automatically to detect objects of interest at the edge.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
15-19
Revenue Range
1.5M-2M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
1-4

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2021 1 AF $149,979
Project Title: Universal Navigation Solution Manager
2020 1 AF $50,000
Project Title: Visual Compass for Small UAS in Contested Environments
2019 2 NSF $1,645,824
Project Title: Autonomous Landing of sUAS onto Moving Platforms

Key People / Management

  Josh Wells -- Founder & CEO

  Aubrey Clausse -- Gnc Engineer

  Gaemus Collins -- Founder & CTO

  Adam Jaffe -- Lead Control Systems Engineer

  Terna Kpamber -- Electrical Engineer

  Jason Marquis -- Drone Technician

  Oliver B Martin -- Chief Technology Officer

  Allan Matthew -- Chief Technology Officer

  Dave Twining -- Operations