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Planck

Planck Aerosystems builds unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for maritime pro- fessionals. Based in San Diego, Planck was founded on the idea that putting an aircraft on every boat would represent a transformational change to maritime industry through improved data acqui- sition, situational awareness and safety.

Planck has built the technology to make the dream of putting a drone on every boat a reality. Founder Josh Wells and lead engineer Allan Matthew conduct- ed a series of technology demonstra- tions during Oceanology International

North America (OINA), held in San

Diego February 14-16, 2017. During these demos, selected OINA attendees got a chance to see Planck’s technology

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Image: Global Ocean Design in action in South San Diego Bay.

Planck’s guidance, navigation and

Patented technology and innova- The company’s Beacon Board is a control system enables fully autono- tive design are found in Global Ocean new idea in surface location devices. mous