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Aerosens in the press
Independent coverage of our BLE sensor platform, the HEICO cabin-management partnership, and our defense work — alongside the company's own award and grant milestones. Newest first.
2026
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Aerosens named 305 Client of the Year at FIU's Business At Its Best Awards
At FIU Business's annual awards ceremony honoring entrepreneurs and small-business leaders across Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys — run with the Florida Small Business Development Center — founder and CEO Maria Martinez receives the 305 Client of the Year award for Aerosens.
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AFWERX TACFI award to advance AeroISU for Air Force logistics
Aerosens is selected by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, for a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) to mature AeroISU — a system for in-transit visibility and mission readiness across Air Force logistics. The announcement names Tawazun Council, HEICO, and The Boeing Company as partners.
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2025
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Aerosens selected as a Wild Card in the Dubai Airshow VISTA startup competition
Closing out Dubai Airshow 2025, Aerosens is selected as a Wild Card for VISTA, the airshow's startup competition — recognition of "potential, disruption, and the ability to think differently" — with thanks to Boeing Ventures and Tawazun Council.
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Exhibiting at Dubai Airshow 2025 on the Boeing Ventures stand
Aerosens announces it will exhibit at Dubai Airshow 2025 (November 17–21, Dubai World Central) at the Boeing Ventures booth.
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Aerosens completes SigmaBlox, the National Defense Tech Combine, in Tulsa
Founder and CEO Maria Martinez calls the week-long combine — which hosted 83 defense-technology ventures with over $200M in initial investments available — "a crash course in defense innovation," with its pace, intensity, and focus on dual-use solutions.
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Vueling names Aerosens a top-10 finalist, presenting at MWC Barcelona
From 180 applicants, Vueling selects Aerosens as one of ten finalists for innovation in operational efficiency and sustainability in aviation — with the finalists presenting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Top-10 finish at Saudi Airlines' Saudiathon
Aerosens is one of 23 companies selected for Saudiathon, Saudi Airlines' innovation event, and closes the competition with top-10 recognition.
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2024
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With Boeing at the Global Entrepreneurship Workshop in Seattle
As an Aerospace Xelerated graduate, founder and CEO Maria Martinez joins Boeing's team in Seattle to discuss how the accelerator program is helping speed innovation across the industry.
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Tageos, LoRa Alliance, Heico, Aerosens: RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal's industry roundup covers the HEICO–Aerosens AeroCMS system, which uses constantly-transmitting Bluetooth Low Energy sensors to monitor the security of under-seat life-vest containers and flag tampering to the crew.
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HEICO targets reduced turnarounds with new cabin management system
FlightGlobal details the HEICO–Aerosens partnership behind AeroCMS: lightweight BLE sensors let crews verify an entire aircraft's safety equipment in minutes rather than hours, with continuous tamper detection and expiry tracking. HEICO's Paul Belisle says the system is "ready to fly."
2023
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UK pavilion features strong showing from tech start-ups
AIN's Paris Air Show 2023 coverage lists Aerosens among the startups in the UK pavilion's first co-located start-up zone, run with Boeing's Aerospace Xelerated program and the Aerospace Technology Institute.
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Startup Spotlight: AEROSENS
A founder interview with CEO Maria Martinez on digitalizing and automating the manual checks that airlines run on cabin equipment, containers, and panels — with the team photographed at IDEX 2023.
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Six start-ups to look out for at Aviation Festival Asia: Data and AI
Aerosens is named among six data- and AI-driven startups to watch at Aviation Festival Asia, for solutions that change how information about aircraft parts, equipment, and people is gathered and analyzed.
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Aerospace Xelerated announces startups joining its fourth cohort
Boeing names Aerosens one of 11 startups selected for the fourth Aerospace Xelerated cohort — run this year with the UAE's Tawazun Council, alongside DASA, GKN Aerospace, and Etihad Airways — with the option of a £100K Boeing investment.
Also covered by · ADS Advance · Air Cargo Week · Aerospace Manufacturing · Startups Magazine · Startacus
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Most Influential CEO 2023 — Florida, Aviation Technology
CEO Monthly's Most Influential CEO Awards recognize Aerosens founder and CEO Maria Esther Martinez in the Florida aviation-technology category.
2022
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NSF SBIR Phase I award — self-powered BLE sensor
A $255,743 NSF SBIR Phase I grant (award #2136567) funds a BLE sensor that harvests energy from in-flight vibration, monitoring equipment continuously without battery changes or hazardous lithium chemistries.
2021
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Aerosens wins a Gold Award in the 2021 U.S. Early Stage cohort
Named a finalist earlier that year from a field of 3,000+ applicants, Aerosens takes a $25,000 Gold Award in MassChallenge's 2021 U.S. cohort under the Houston program track.
Also covered by · InnovationMap · Refresh Miami
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AEROSENS selected as a finalist for MassChallenge 2021
Chosen from over 3,000 startup applications across 20 countries, Aerosens joins the MassChallenge 2021 cohort — gaining zero-cost, zero-equity access to the accelerator's network of mentors, partners, and investors.
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AFWERX SBIR Phase I contract with the U.S. Air Force
Aerosens announces an AFWERX-program SBIR Phase I contract from the Department of Defense and Air Force to adapt its safety-and-security platform — equipment and compartment status, detection, and alerting — to Air Force requirements.
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2020
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Finalist — Singapore Startup Track 2020
Aerosens is named a finalist in the Singapore Airlines AppChallenge, Singapore Startup Track 2020.
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Safety Equipment Tracker
Florida Trend's Innovation section profiles how Aerosens automates aircraft safety-equipment checks — installing small BLE sensors and reading each item's status from a cabin layout on a phone or tablet.
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Aerosens joins the first EndeavorLAB cohort
Aerosens is selected for the inaugural EndeavorLAB cohort — a two-month growth program for women-led Miami companies backed by a $50,000 City of Miami grant — with El Nuevo Herald covering the cohort in Spanish.
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South Florida startups compete for $100K at the Aerospace Innovation & Tech Forum
Refresh Miami covers Aerosens among the startups selected to present at Florida Venture Forum and Space Florida's Aerospace Innovation & Tech Forum.
2019
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Meet the startups representing Miami at TechCrunch Disrupt 2019
Refresh Miami brings Aerosens to TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 as one of six South Florida startups on the Miami Tech Pavilion.
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WIN Lab Miami selects 18 startups for its fourth cohort
Babson College's Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab Miami selects Aerosens into its fourth cohort — a five-month accelerator built for women entrepreneurs.
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#MiamiTech Startup Spotlight: launching a tech company to soar
An early founder feature on CEO Maria Esther Martinez and how she built the Aerosens team around deep aviation-industry expertise.
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If you want your company to fly, put industry expertise on your team
The earliest known feature on the founding of Aerosens, by Nancy Dahlberg for FIU's Florida SBDC GrowBiz blog.
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