Avealto

Avealto (Spanish: “High Bird”) a UK-based company, is building a fleet of Wireless Infrastructure Platforms (WIPs). The global Avealto system will comprise 200 uncrewed stratospheric, long duration telecommunications platforms, providing mobile telephony, broadband communications, backhaul, broadcasting and other hosted payloads. Modular swappable payloads will be tailored to suit specific locations and markets. Avealto will complement existing terrestrial and satellite infrastructure, providing rapidly deployable connectivity for rural, remote, maritime, aeronautical and developing world customers at a substantially lower cost than existing technologies and will integrate seamlessly with existing communication infrastructure. Avealto has completed feasibility testing and is now constructing prototype vehicles. We have filed for four patents in 2022, including both telecom electronics and flight hardware. Our initial target market will be in Indonesia, where there are 6000 inhabited islands, currently either unserved or underserved, where we intend to close the digital divide. Regulatory and potential customer negotiations are ongoing. We intend to fly our first commercial prototype in late 2023.