(2023-01-30) Kitron has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Easy Aerial Inc, a fast growing US company developing autonomous UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) solutions.
The multi-year, multi-million dollar manufacturing partnership will be supported at Kitron’s facility in Windber, Pennsylvania.
“Easy Aerial continues to expand its activities through collaborations with strategic partners. We are pleased to have signed an agreement with Kitron, which has a leadership position in electronic manufacturing services, high-volume manufacturing capacity and advanced front-end services,” said Ivan Stamatovski, CTO of Easy Aerial .
“We are very pleased that Easy Aerial has chosen Kitron as a manufacturing partner to support its growth. Kitron has a long history in the defense and homeland security market and the drone segment offers exciting growth opportunities, not least in the US where our Windber facility is well positioned to meet this demand. Signing a long-term partnership agreement with Easy Aerial, a leader in UAV solutions, is great recognition,” said Gary Tarallo, Kitron’s Managing Director, US Operations.
Founded in 2015, Easy Aerial is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. It has a team of over 100 engineers, designers and aerospace professionals. The company develops military-grade autonomous UAV solutions for security, mapping and inspection applications. In addition to serving many commercial industries, Easy Aerial fully serves DoD and government customers by maintaining US-based manufacturing and maintaining NDAA compliance with associated certifications (ISO, AS, CMMx) to meet the operational needs of the to fulfill the covenant.
“Since its inception, Easy Aerial has grown rapidly in both size and scope. Today, its mission includes using drones to save lives and protect both assets and infrastructure. Easy Aerial’s solutions are also capable of providing situational awareness to first responders, crowd monitoring and assisting in safety management, among several other commercial applications,” said Ido Gur, CEO of Easy Aerial.
For more information please contact:
Peter Nilsson, President and CEO, Tel. +47 94 84 08 50
Hans Petter Thomassen, Managing Director, Kitron Norway, Tel: 47 913 92 360
E-mail: [email protected]
Kitron is a leading Scandinavian electronics manufacturing services company in the fields of connectivity, electrification, industrial, medical devices and defence/aerospace. The group has offices in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, China and the United States. Including the acquisition of BB Electronics in January 2022, Kitron has approximately 2,800 employees and pro forma sales in 2021 were approximately NOK 5 billion.
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