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Annjeanel Marshall, Production Supervisor, is January’s Team Member Spotlight winner! Annjeanel demonstrates a passion and dedication for quality in her work. She is a first responder to manufacturing deficiencies, taking the time to audit and verify that the desired level of craftsmanship is present throughout all stages of manufacturing. Her commitment to quality showed this past summer, as she worked many early-morning hours to help ​meet key deadlines for our customers.

Congratulations to Rich Schmit, Engineering Technician, for being named December's Team Member Spotlight winner! Rich played a key role in starting up automation capabilities for Raven Aerostar’s newest production line in Madison, building the Individual Equipment Carrier (IEC) Bag. He continues to seek feedback to improve the machines, removing a lot of human error in complex manufacturing processes.

Raven Industries announced today that Raven Aerostar has been awarded a five-year $36.2M contract for the delivery, installation, operation and sustainment support of Air Surveillance Radar Systems onboard the U.S. Navy’s T-EPF class ships.

Raven and Girl Scouts–Dakota Horizons announce a three-year partnership to create a cooperative learning environment offering Girl Scouts hands-on, minds-on activities in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). With a vision to positively impact our world through highly innovative technology, Raven is an ideal program partner for Girl Scouts–Dakota Horizons. Together, the organizations are engaging young women in STEM topics and scientific reasoning while equipping them with leadership skills to take action and make the world a better place.

On August 27, 2018, Dakota State University’s STEM Institute hosted a Space Day event on the DSU campus. The event featured on-site and remote speakers representing both commercial and academic aerospace organizations. Raven Aerostar was invited...

This summer, Raven Aerostar launched a Thunderhead 400 balloon with some new faces in the audience. A number of Raven interns from various divisions and disciplines were able to watch the balloon take flight, making it the first launch seen by many of them. Read more about our interns' experiences of this launch, including some unique perspectives from the interns themselves.