Logo design for innovative unmanned aircraft company

Aerovel

Aerovel Corporation develops miniature robotic aircraft from our base in Washington State’s Columbia Gorge. We are small, focused, and experienced, staffed by veterans of developing the Aerosonde and ScanEagle aircraft series. Now we are creating a new product, a next-generation robotic aircraft for applications such as weather monitoring, geological survey, and imaging reconnaissance. Our new design will deliver unprecedented range and endurance for an aircraft of tabletop size.

We intend to develop civil markets for small, long-range, unmanned aircraft operating in remote areas.

We are about to introduce a new website to support the first public announcement of our company and aircraft. This requires a new company logo as well.

Our current logo (attached) doesn't meet our needs. It is intended to represent a lone aircraft in flight headed off on a remote mission. We like this abstract concept, but are open to new ideas as well.

We'd like our new logo to be easily recognizable when in small form or viewed at a distance (as on an aircraft). This seems to call for a simple and clean design. The logo should look good in color as well as in black and white.