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Athena Technologies Named a Washington SmartCEO/Grant Thornton Future 50 Company.


WARRENTON, Va. -- Athena Technologies Athena Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of control and navigation solutions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). Athena's GuideStar product line provides INS/GPS solutions that integrate IMU, GPS, magnetometer and air data signals for , Inc., a leading provider of flight control and navigation systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Main article: Unmanned aerial vehicle
The following is a list of Unmanned aerial vehicles developed and operated by various countries around the world. Listed with primary mission(s) and year of first flight.
 (UAVs), today announced it has been named a Future 50 fast growth company by Washington SmartCEO Magazine and Grant Thornton.

The Future 50 program recognizes the 50 fastest growing companies in the Greater Washington area based on employee and revenue growth. This year's Future 50 winners collectively employ 11,913 people and bring in more than $2 billion in revenues.

Associate Publisher, Jaime Nespor said, "The Future 50 program is SmartCEO's way of celebrating growth and in this issue the Future 50 CEOs will share their fast growth secrets with our 18,000 C-level readers."

"Making the Future 50 list of the fastest growing companies in the Washington, DC area is a tremendous honor," said Dr. David Vos, Athena's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. . "I attribute our fast growth to the talent and dedication of the Athena team and the value our GuideStar[TM] flight control and navigation systems bring to our customers. Overall our strength is our ability to deliver high performance and quality in very small packages for a low life cycle cost and enabling customers to put unprecedented accuracy into the budgeting and scheduling of their UAV UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAV Unmanned Air Vehicle
UAV Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
UAV Unmanned Airborne Vehicle
UAV Uninhabited Air Vehicle
UAV Urban Assault Vehicle
UAV Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle (less common) 
 programs."

About Athena Technologies

Athena Technologies is a premier developer and producer of navigation and control systems. Founded in 1998, the company produces the GuideStar[TM] family of versatile, compact and cost-effective flight control systems for military applications such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), target drones and missiles. The company is an independent, privately held firm with headquarters in Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. . Additional information is available at www.athenati.com.

About SmartCEO Magazine and Grant Thornton, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol  

Washington SmartCEO Magazine is a regional "growing company" publication and a resource full of smart ideas to help educate, motivate and inspire decision-makers. SmartCEO is read by more than 34,000 business owners in Baltimore (http://baltimore.smartceo.com) and Washington (http://washington.smartceo.com). Each issue contains features, interviews, case studies, columns and other departments designed to help the region's CEOs face the daily challenges of running a business. For a complete list of winners, visit www.smartceo.com.

Grant Thornton is an accounting firm serving mid-cap, small-cap and privately held clients, and provider of specialist financial, tax and advisory services advisory services

advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal
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