CybAero

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CybAero AB
Type Public
First North:CBA
Industry Aerospace and Defence
Founded2003 [1]
Headquarters Linköping, Sweden
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rolf Schytt (CEO)
Claes Drougge (Chairman)
Products Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
RevenueIncrease2.svg 55.591 million SEK (2014) [1]
Decrease2.svg -34.202 million SEK (2014) [1]
Decrease2.svg -34.202 million SEK (2014) [1]
Number of employees
55 (2015) [1]
Website cybaero.se

CybAero is an aerospace company industry based in Sweden. CybAero develops and manufactures remotely piloted helicopters. The company is a public company traded on First North [2] on Stockholm Stock Exchange.

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In June 2018, the firm filed for bankruptcy. [3]

History

The company was founded in 2003, based on research initiated in 1992 by FOA (later FOI) and Linköping University. [4] The company develops, manufactures and sells unmanned aerial vehicles systems consisting of helicopters, ground stations, sensors and data links.

CybAero is headquartered at Mjärdevi Science Park in the Nordic region's leading aeronautics town, Linköping. Research and development is conducted in part with other companies and research institutions. CybAero has approximately 55 employees and is listed on the NASDAQ OMX First North since 2007.

Milestones

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)

The main products are

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