Scott W. Wickersham

Aerostar International, Inc. designs and manufactures technical aerospace, surveillance technology, and navigation aids. Its products include tethered aerostats, high altitude balloons, vista radar system, military decoys, protective wear, marine navigation, and custom inflatables. The firm offers deployment operations and engineering services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Raven Industries, Inc. engages in the provision of technology products and solutions for the industrial, agricultural, geomembrane, construction, commercial lighter-than-air, and aerospace and defense markets. It operates through the following segments: Applied Technology, Engineered Films, and Aerostar. The Applied Technology segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services innovative precision agriculture products and information management tools that help growers reduce costs, control inputs, and improve farm yields to original equipment manufacturers. The Engineered Films segment produces and sells high-performance plastic films and sheeting to both direct to end-customers. The Aerostar segment offers high-altitude balloons, tethered aerostats, and radar processing systems. The company was founded by J. R. Smith, Paul Edward Yost, Thon Duwayne, and Joseph Kaliszewski in February 1956 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Aerostar Technical Solutions, Inc. provides detection systems for national defense, televised sports and medical and surgical applications. It provides products for remote sensing, signal processing, systems engineering, measurement and detection systems. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA.