Aurora Flight Sciences
Luzern, Switzerland
About
Aurora Flight Sciences is a defense prime contractor based in Luzern, Switzerland working in air systems, unmanned systems, counter-uas & air defense.
Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, develops aircraft, autonomous systems, propulsion and energy technologies. Its defense work centres on small unmanned aircraft systems, including the SKIRON-X and SKIRON-XLE sUAS for reconnaissance, the MIDAS AI-enabled counter-UAS platform and Red Team unmanned aerial targets used to test counter-drone systems. The company also works on advanced air mobility and eVTOL programmes with partners such as Wisk and SkyGrid, battery and hydrogen fuel cell development in its energy lab, and spacecraft pressure valves for NASA's HALO module. Its Swiss subsidiary, Aurora Swiss Aerospace, is an engineering centre in Luzern focused on uncrewed aircraft and future mobility. The company operates facilities in Manassas, Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts and Luzern, Switzerland.
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SKIRON-X
Small unmanned aircraft system (eVTOL)
Battery-powered eVTOL sUAS with fixed-wing endurance, modular payload bay and EO/IR camera for airborne ISR missions.
SKIRON-XLE
Small unmanned aircraft system (eVTOL)
Hydrogen fuel cell-powered long-endurance sUAS for long-range reconnaissance, with ruggedized ground control station.
MIDAS
Counter-UAS platform
AI-enabled counter-drone vehicle that autonomously intercepts and disables adversary sUAS using a drone disablement device.
Red Team unmanned aerial targets
Unmanned aerial target
Autonomous quadcopter and fixed-wing drones used as realistic threat targets for testing and training counter-UAS systems.
Skate
Small unmanned aircraft system
Early all-electric 1 kg sUAS for ISR, target acquisition and search-and-rescue, with ruggedized foam airframe.
Pressure relief valves (PPRV and MPEV)
Spacecraft pressure valves
Fully pneumatic positive pressure relief and manual pressure equalization valves for the HALO habitation module.
