Per aspera ad astra: Astronaut drone development, engineering school wins Hero of Our Time grand prize in Armenia
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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS. The founding CEO of Astronaut, an Armenian drone developer and engineering training school won the grand prize at the Hero of Our Time Awards.
Astronaut, which goes by the motto of Per aspera ad astra, offers courses in electronics and engineering and UAV development.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan awarded Astronaut founder Armen Darbinyan at the awarding ceremony.
The 13 other participants of the Hero of Our Time program organized by the Information and Public Relations Center of the Prime Minister’s Office were also awarded. The laureates are: Mihran Poghosyan, founder of the PoGo footwear manufacturer, Davit Nersisyan, founder of MetrMark concrete decoration and furniture manufacturer, Nune Azizyan and Siranush Amiraghyan, founders of Vitrum stained glass producer, Anahit Beybutyan, founder of Dream Chocolate chocolate producer, Anahit Harutyunyan and Edmond Stepanyan, founders of Tsirane leather accessory manufacturer, Vlad Bagratyan and Zhanna Barseghyan, founders of Goris Agrofood pickled beetroot producer, Anna Harutyunyan, founder of Kroants clothing manufacturer, cooper Armenak Poghosyan, Armine Stamboltsyan, founder of Armin’s Art jewelry, Stella Khachatryan, founder of Lusinka educational center, Gevorg Vardanyan and Eliza Stepanyan, founders of Artist theater studio and Artur Manasyan, founder of Flexitree wooden furniture and mosaic crafts producer.