Global Business Awards 2021

Aug21592 in extreme conditions is something about the SkyRunner MK 3.2 that has made it a darling of its industry, with a reliable and easily serviceable craft that can adapt to all manner of flights. Additionally, a client can become a light-sport pilot after only 12 hours of flight. With no need for the hassle of airports, flying one of SkyRunner’s exemplary planes is easy and stress-free without losing out on safety, opening up 98% of the sky that is open to light sport aircraft in and around the LA airspace. It’s ‘one machine, more choice, more freedom’ motto has truly been put to work in uniting the USA’s flight fanatics, enthusiasts, and professionals, and allow them to connect over the MK 3.2. Furthermore, within the vehicle itself, the communication between everyone inside and the controllers outside is crystal clear thanks to its INIVSIO intercom system, providing back and forth capabilities with any military or law enforcement radio system. This craft also thinks ahead in terms of pilot visibility. Using the in-built Tomar commercial-quality light-bars, SkyRunner allows its clients and pilots to get a great idea of the terrain ahead of them, lighting the way in either the visible or infra-red spectrum depending on the pilot’s choice. Fundamentally, with such world-class elements coming together to form one craft, this machine has secured a front-running position in the market like no other. Its clients from the private to the military appreciate each and every thought that has gone into it, and from the tiniest detail to the most impressive feature, SkyRunner has undergone comprehensive and diligent machine testing time and time again so that it can ensure each of its vehicles are in perfect working order. This, critically, is all part of its dedication to client safety and wellbeing. Having been inspired by the training manuals and needs of rescue services and soldiers it knows that the security of the pilot is the topmost concern, and so it has pulled out all the stops so that a pilot can feel secure from the moment they step inside. Additionally, it hopes that alongside this security, the pilot will enjoy the time piloting the SkyRunner MK 3.2 and the freedom it grants them. Of course, even having cultivated such an exemplary base of clients and partners who are enthusiastic about its machine and with such a committed and diligent staff who ensure its work is well-engineered and top-of-the-range, Covid-19 proved a struggle for SkyRunner to cope with. Specifically, like many manufacturing companies in the macro scale and all around the world, SkyRunner encountered issues regarding its supply chains; the outbreak has certainly functioned to showing the industry just how fragile these really are. Therefore – and going forward – SkyRunner forecasts significant overhaul in these processes in order to make them more adaptable in the face of crisis. Indeed, the company in and of itself had to implement such measures during the course of the pandemic as it grappled with the scarcity of materials due to borders being closed and the like, and it responded by early, aggressive diversification. This in essence meant that it could build up enough inventory to sustain it throughout the crisis as it had expanded the sources it was using for its manufacturing processes, keeping up these steps throughout the past 18 months so that it could still consistently deliver. Moreover, this had the pleasing result of SkyRunner being late on only one delivery and only by a couple of weeks. It was, in this manner, able to weather most of the more disruptive impacts of the outbreak as far as the business was concerned, battening down the hatches during the global shakeup so that it could protect its staff’s job’s, its customer’s money, and its own investments. Today, it has multiple different pathways for all critical components and a substantial inventory that it puts to the task of serving its ever- growing client base, making good use of its different resources to ensure that production is always kept ticking over at a stable rate and is able to ramp up quickly in order to meet demand. Rising to meet the growing demand for its machines has certainly been a large contributing factor to the growth of SkyRunner. Furthermore, this has allowed SkyRunner to remain fiercely competitive and innovating at a blistering pace alongside its wider industry, as it recognizes the importance of keeping a finger on the pulse of updates, developments, and innovations. Engineering trade- offs are absolutely crucial to the health of the sector in the macro scale, and with new technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes being developed and reshaped on a daily basis, those who fall behind in the world of aviation innovation are left behind. Luckily, this has never been a concern for SkyRunner. It has always prized itself on keeping up with the pace of the world outside of itself, and its safe, simply, certified platform welcomes change with an inherently modular design that is easy for SkyRunner to refit and reshape in order to meet the demands of aviation and its professionals. For instance, its factory demonstration aircraft is the oldest aircraft in SkyRunner’s fleet, but it still features all the latest technological upgrades, developments, and features, so much so that it is still on par with the newer models that the company produces out of its exemplary manufacturing process. Upgrading legacy models in this way, SkyRunner can be confident that alongside the prestige these crafts carry, the crafts are upgraded to still be fiercely competitive in terms of the innovations implemented within the machine itself. From its communications systems to its engine, and its body panels to its seating options, everything can be switched out for something better as and when those things are developed. This, SkyRunner is pleased to say, it also made possible thanks to its exemplary technological partners. Collins Aerospace, a company that has been in close partnership with this LA based firm for a while to great effect, has provided the installation and integration of a TASE-400 Electro Optical and Infrared stabilized camera system into the machines, allowing for supremely clear imaging from altitude. This has become another key draw to SkyRunner, and is also joined by the work of Sylvus Technologies installations of a high-bandwidth datalink within the craft itself, enabling the pilot to offboard video and control the TASE-400 through a mesh network to a ground station. This ground station also doesn’t have to be local; thanks to the mingling of Sylvus Technologies forward-thinking innovations and Skyrunner’s modular capabilities, the ground station in question can be anywhere in the world. Additionally, GoTenna also has been involved in offering its own ingenuity to the MK 3.2. This company has installed a tiny yet powerful mesh networking device that allows SkyRunner to be used as an airborne node for over-the-horizon communication. Meanwhile, Tough Stump Technologies created and brought to the table its Augmented Reality flight software for use in SkyRunner’s US governmental clients’ flights, specifically for use in the Team Awareness Kit ecosystem that drastically reduces pilot workload and ensures they can focus on flying safely. With its team of predominantly veterans, SkyRunner is proud of how far it has come and excited to see how much further it has yet to go, with the remainder of 2021 being dedicated to focusing on a project to create a completely autonomous SkyRunner that uses artificial intelligence, as well continuing to provide for its customers in African nations and US border protection. Company: SkyRunner, LLC Contact: Stewart Hamel Website: flyskyrunner.com Today – in a trend that will not be slowing down anytime soon – SkyRunner is one of the fastest growing aircraft manufacturers in the world based on class and on category, an accolade that has helped it to gain significant notoriety in its market segment as it keeps up with developments and updates with ease and sophistication. Furthermore, the drive for adventure and excitement that fuelled the founder’s passion in starting SkyRunner is still a core element.