AeroVironment’s drone still grounded on Mars
Ingenuity, the helicopter drone developed by Simi Valley-based AeroVironment, has had its first experimental flight on Mars delayed after an error sequence during testing, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ingenuity, which landed on Mars on the Perseverance rover in February, was scheduled for its first takeoff on April 11. NASA first rescheduled Read More →
AeroVironment’s drone launch on Mars delayed
Ingenuity, the helicopter drone developed by Simi Valley-based AeroVironment, has had its first experimental flight on Mars delayed, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ingenuity, which landed on Mars on the Perseverance rover in February, was scheduled for its first takeoff on April 11. The flight has been rescheduled to no earlier than Read More →
Inogen adds executive VP; co-founder Myers to step down
Inogen, a Goleta-based medical technology company that makes portable oxygen concentrators, announced April 7 that it has hired Georg Parr as executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Byron Myers, a member of Inogen’s founding team and the current executive vice president for marketing, will step down on June 4, as will Arron Retterer, the Read More →
Bank of America buys Santa Barbara health care payment company
Axia Technologies, a Santa Barbara-based health care payment and technology company, has been acquired by Bank of America. The terms of the acquisition were not immediately announced, but in an April 2 news release announcing the deal, Bank of America said the move is part of a lager strategy to bring additional merchant services onto Read More →
Inogen’s new CEO looks to the future
As life begins to regain a bit of the normalcy that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic, Goleta-based Inogen is ready to not only get back to its roots, but also lay the foundation for a new direction for the company. Inogen, a medical device company specializing in portable oxygen concentrators, hired a new CEO on Read More →
GeoLinks keeps up growth pace, may open satellite offices soon
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How to borrow $4 billion: With financing secure, path is nearly clear for Teledyne/Flir deal
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