Hartford drone startup launches manufacturing downtown
An aerial drone startup headquartered in downtown Hartford says it has begun manufacturing activities in the center city and is significantly increasing its workforce as a result. Aquiline Drones, founded in 2019 by commercial pilot Barry Alexander, said it has recently hired 25 technicians to assemble two types of drones as well as a smart camera, and plans to hire another 25 people in the coming weeks. That’ll be up from 15 employees about a year ago. Aquiline aims to seize on a government-spurred push for domestic drone manufacturing. The U.S. Department of Justice last October officiall...
Source: hartfordbusiness.com