SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 3, 2026--
Veryon, a leading provider of software solutions for the aviation industry, has acquired Polaris Aero, an aviation software company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Since 2007, Polaris Aero has delivered innovative safety management solutions to aircraft operators and MROs worldwide.
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“We are thrilled to bring Polaris Aero’s proven safety solutions into the Veryon software suite,” said Bethany Little, Chief Executive Officer of Veryon. “It’s a pivotal step towards a better alignment between aviation safety and maintenance, enabling smarter and safer decisions across every phase of customers’ operations.”
The acquisition adds over 200 new customers to Veryon's portfolio, further reinforcing its position as the aviation industry's most comprehensive provider of maintenance software solutions. Polaris Aero’s products include VOCUS SMS, FlightRisk, and GroundRisk, which are widely used by corporate flight departments, charter operators, and MROs to streamline compliance, assess risk, and enhance operational safety.
The move also combines Polaris Aero’s de-identified data from 112,000+ safety reports, 32 million+ FlightRisk assessments, and 174 million+ flight hazards with Veryon’s dataset of 100 million+ maintenance events, creating the industry's most extensive source of aviation safety and maintenance data. This expanded dataset will sharpen the accuracy and reach of Veryon AIRE, its AI-powered data intelligence platform, giving operators more precise insights into both safety risks and maintenance needs.
“Joining forces with Veryon is an exciting next chapter for Polaris Aero,” said Chris Connor, Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Aero. “Our mission has always been to help operators manage risk and streamline compliance through smarter safety programs. With Veryon, we can scale that mission even further, integrating safety and maintenance in ways that deliver more value, more efficiency, and ultimately, safer operations for our customers.”
In the short term, Polaris Aero will continue operating as its own business unit, with all current products, contracts, and support continuing unchanged. Over the coming months, both companies will carefully map out and implement their long-term integration plan. The end goal is to enable aircraft operators and maintainers to manage operations more safely and efficiently. Benefits will include:
"Safety and maintenance have always been two sides of the same coin, but they've rarely been managed that way," said Pete Bunce, former CEO of GAMA and Senior Advisor to Veryon. "Bringing Polaris Aero's safety intelligence together with Veryon's maintenance data gives operators a single, connected view of risk and reliability. That's exactly the kind of data-driven decision-making our industry needs right now."
For more information about Veryon and Polaris Aero, please visit their respective websites at veryon.com and polarisaero.com.
About Veryon
Veryon is the leading provider of aviation software and information services, trusted by over 5,500 customers, 75,000 maintenance professionals, and more than 100 OEMs in nearly 150 countries. Powered by the world's largest de-identified aviation maintenance dataset, which contains over 100 million events, the all-in-one Veryon suite combines OEM-authorized publications, intuitive cloud-based maintenance workflows, and AI-driven insights to help operators, MROs, and OEMs maximize flying time without compromising safety or compliance. Committed to helping customers achieve long-term success, Veryon brings together innovative aviation software, expert guidance, structured training, and ongoing support to help organizations realize faster adoption and stronger operational outcomes. Drawing on Veryon's 50+ years of experience and support from experts who understand aviation, Veryon customers have achieved up to a 75 percent reduction in troubleshooting time for new technicians and up to a 23 percent reduction in downtime costs. Learn more at veryon.com.
About Polaris Aero
Polaris Aero, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been helping operators manage risk and maintain compliance for over a decade with data-driven safety management solutions. Its suite of products, including VOCUS SMS, FlightRisk, and GroundRisk, empowers operators to identify hazards, mitigate risk, and streamline compliance across flight, maintenance, and ground operations.
Polaris Aero - A Veryon Company
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After Ashley Hinson dropped off her boys at school earlier this month, she saw the initials “DJT” flash on her phone.
“'Ashley, it's your favorite president,'” Iowa's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate recently recounted to an audience of her supporters. “That's how he introduced himself.”
She had had a more forceful message about communicating with President Donald Trump on the debate stage with her Democratic opponent, Josh Turek, as she tried to win over undecided voters.
“I’ll be President Trump’s ally when it is important for Iowa, but I will push back on him,” promised Hinson, who currently serves in the U.S. House. “He knows this.”
Although many Republicans are walking a political tightrope in this year's midterm elections, Hinson's balancing act is more challenging than most. Iowans have been hamstrung by manufacturing job losses, health care clinic closures and shrunken farm profits since Trump returned to the White House, but Hinson also is relying on the president's loyalists to show up for her.
On Thursday, Hinson took the stage before Trump came on, at a rally in Sioux City, which is in Iowa's conservative northwest corner. The visit to safe territory is geared toward boosting turnout even as it ties her more tightly to an unpopular president.
To hundreds of Trump's supporters, Hinson played up her relationship with the president.
“I’m not sure, frankly, that he’s always happy when we’re talking because I ask him for a lot of things for Iowa when we’re on the phone,” she said. “And that’s exactly what you would expect me to do, right? As your next United States senator.”
Trump is expected to visit the state again Nov. 1. He is “anxious for Iowans to hear his message before they vote,” Iowa Republican Party Chair Jeff Kaufmann said in announcing the president's schedule.
Turek, a state lawmaker, was in Sioux City for a campaign event Tuesday and told reporters he was happy for Trump to visit to see how his tariffs and the Iran war have “hurt Iowa more than any other state.” Although Turek says he's willing to work with Trump on issues like immigration, he called Hinson a rubber stamp for the president's bad policies.
When Hinson kicked off her campaign last year, she touted Trump’s endorsement and said she was running to be Trump’s “top ally” in the Senate. Almost a year later, Hinson instead says she wants to be “Iowa’s best bipartisan fighter."
The message has crystallized since the summer, with more examples of Hinson vocalizing positions at odds with the president. Recent polling from late September and early October suggests it could work as she carves out about 1 in 10 voters who disapprove of the president even as she continues to secure overwhelming support from those who approve of Trump.
In August, she said Trump’s plan to increase beef imports from foreign countries in an attempt to lower prices was "a bad idea” that would hurt Iowa farmers.
Last month, two of Hinson's Iowa colleagues in the House broke with the White House and voted against Trump's ability to continue the war with Iran without congressional approval.
Hinson didn’t, but she said later the war has gotten too costly for Americans and called for Trump to bring the conflict to a “successful and immediate end.”
More recently, Hinson criticized Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russia in exchange for diesel fuel. She said Tuesday that the U.S. needs to make sure “dictators aren’t allowed to win wars.”
“I think the president and I share the goal of lowering costs for working families and for people who are using diesel,” she told reporters after a campaign event. “I, again, just don’t think we need to be making any deals with Russia.”
Hinson said she hadn’t talked with the president about the issue.
“Maybe I’ll have a chance to come have a conversation with him at the rally," she added.
Hinson isn't the only one pitching bipartisanship. So is Turek. In fact, he's the only Iowa candidate seeking federal office who explicitly mentions Trump in general election television advertisements, according to an Associated Press analysis of AdImpact data.
In one, Turek is behind the wheel speaking directly to a camera about Interstate 35, which “connects Iowa to the southern border and the broken immigration system that both parties have failed to fix." He says: “In the U.S. Senate, I’ll work with anyone to fix it, including President Trump, to secure the border, stop the flow of drugs into Iowa.”
Turek has pushed back on the president’s policies, including tariffs and the war in Iran, as the catalysts of high costs that are hurting Iowans, but his message on working with the president on immigration and other select issues stands out from other Democrats. Republicans say he's just pretending to be a moderate to get elected.
Mazie Stilwell, executive director of the progressive organization Progress Iowa, said Turek's message on immigration targets a bloc of voters on an issue that's particularly important to them but doesn't overshadow his otherwise disciplined focus on the high costs facing Iowans.
Trump’s visit to the state Thursday, she added, is “a terrific reminder of the disaster that he has been and his administration has been for our bottom line, for everyday Iowans who are trying to make ends meet.”
Iowa is no stranger to competitive Senate races even though Trump won the state by double digits in the last presidential election.
Ad spending on broadcast and cable television has already surpassed $200 million this cycle, AdImpact shows. But in today’s dollars, the total ad spending in the 2020 Senate race was even higher.
Republicans have spent slightly more for Hinson than Democrats for Turek. That was the opposite in 2020, when Democrats spent nearly $30 million more than the GOP did in their unsuccessful effort to unseat Sen. Joni Ernst.
Iowa Republican activist Kelley Koch has been concerned that complacency will dampen turnout from conservatives, even those who are loyal to the president.
"They say, ‘Why are you all hyped up about the midterms, Kelley, Trump will take care of everything,'” Koch said.
It’s an assumption she’s working to counteract, and she expects “the Trump effect” from his visits will help protect Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
And while Koch supports Hinson, she doesn’t like it when she talks about pushing back on Trump.
“Right now,” Koch said, “we had better unite around our president.”
Associated Press reporter Aaron Kessler in Washington contributed.
Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, speaks to supporters, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Ankeny, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
