The ft.² Report

Despite speculation about Boeing’s future size in Seattle, a little known subsidiary of the aircraft giant is flying high, so to speak. Insitu designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance/surveillance missions.  Founded and headquartered in Bingen, WA, Insitu leased offices in the Columbia Tech Center park of Vancouver back in early 2008 (about 8,300 SF of office and another 4,800 SF of industrial space). 

The company was recently awarded a $30M contract from the Canadian government to provide unmanned aerial vehicles for Canadian Intelligence operations in Afghanistan.  Insitu is now expanding their offices and will no doubt continue to see increased revenues as the demand for highly sophisticated, unmanned surveillance equipment continues.  And here I thought of the Canadians as the long lost brothers to the Swiss!