Anumá Aerospace Corporation, the leading pioneer in partial-vacuum lift (PVL) technology, today announced that Jamie Little, co-founder and the inventor of partial-vacuum lift (PVL), has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Jamie will succeed former CEO Diana Little, who will transition to President and Chair of the
Board. This new structure reflects a more accurate separation of duties as Jamie steps forward to communicate the groundbreaking potential of PVL.
“When I first read Jamie’s patent, I thought her idea could change the world,” said Diana. “We
set about creating Anumá, and I agreed to take on the business side while she focused on the
technology. Now, with a NOAA Phase II SBIR grant in progress, positive engineering progress, a great team of engineers and advisors, and four years of demonstrated coachability, Jamie’s
poised to take Anumá to the next level. I could not be more proud.”
Anumá’s PVL technology replaces the need for helium in existing aerostat and airship programs, creating ultra-long endurance aircraft with on-board solar arrays and no need to land for refueling or refilling lifting gas. PVL allows for years-long medium-altitude platform system deployments but retains the ability to be upgraded when desired, unlike satellite systems.
This means Anumá is uniquely positioned to provide sustainable solutions for the DoD in
applications such as persistent, low-energy aerial platforms for:
- sensors
- communications
- intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
- border patrol
- missile defense
“I’m very excited to take the helm at Anumá,” said Jamie. “Diana has done an excellent job
leading the team to this point. Anumá’s bold vision of decarbonizing long-haul, heavy-lift
transportation remains our target, with our weather data-as-a-service solution and persistent
ISR platform as development milestones along the way. Anumá’s talented team is ready to
transform the lighter-than-air industry and bring the full promise of a clean airship transport
industry to fruition.”
Jamie continues, “Diana will continue to be an integral asset as President and Chair of the
Board.” As President and Chair of the Board, Diana will be responsible for assembling Anumá’s formal corporate Board of Directors, providing a higher level of fiduciary oversight as the
company matures.
Jamie Little will present a paper at the upcoming Airship Association International Conference
2024 (AAIC 2024), October 24-27, 2024, in Frankfurt, Germany, where she will discuss partial-vacuum lift technology.
To learn more about the broad range of applications of Anumá Aerospace’s patented PVL
technology, visit https://www.anumaaerospace.com/.
