Natural Power has appointed Andre Louis Ferdinand as a Senior Engineer in the inspections service team, based in North America. Andre joins from Ascent Technologies, a Texas-based firm specialising in developing software for commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Ascent Technologies was acquired by Natural Power earlier this month. Andre has a degree in Aeronautics and a background in aerodynamics and has developed specialist UAS relevant software. He is also is a commercial helicopter and unmanned aircraft pilot. At Natural Power, Andre will be leading the development, evaluation and distribution of unmanned aerial system software used in the commercial UAS operations.