Aquila Solutions

Aquila Solutions

Aquila headquarters in Miccubo, Telohakee
Company type	Saukhinápolqač
Traded as	TSX: AQI QSX: AQUILA
Industry	Aerospace, Defense
Founded	July 22, 1936 (1936-07-22) in Touraba, Telohakee
Founders	Nicholas Laasumanen Mikhail Atakolat Levir Tušisal
Headquarters	Collins Valley, Telohakee
Key people	Satolo Kaasunava (Chair, President, and CEO)
Revenue	$85 billion (2035)
Operating income	$10 billion (2035)
Net income	$9.2 billion (2035)
Number of employees	109,000 (2035)
Divisions	Aeronautics Missiles Ground Developments Oceanic Space

Aquila Solutions is an Tierradorian multinational aerospace and defense technology company based in Miccubo, Telohakee. It was founded in 1936, specializing in offering training, equipment and technology for the Imperial Government under the Walakee State. Eventually, its operations began to spread across the world as the 20th century passed. It is currently headquartered in Collins Valley, Telohakee, a suburb of Miccubo, with secondary offices in Taisgol and Puerta Oeste, Tansher. As of July 2035, Aquila has an estimated total of 109,000 employees worldwide, though the actual number is confidential. This includes about 50,000 engineers and scientists.

Aquila is one of the largest defense contractors in the world, and the largest in Tierrador, with a large majority of Aquila's sales going to the country's Office of Defense. Aquila is also a contractor for the Tierradorian Aeronautic Research Committee, providing it with various rockets and satellites used for space missions through its space research division. Notable developments by Aquila include the A-15 Stealth, the Q-5 strategic bomber, the Anbars-class of nuclear powered submarines, Mikhail Takkolena-class of guided missile destroyers, and various different armored vehicles and weapons.

Aquila is a publicly-traded company, and is partly owned by the Government of Tierrador. It is traded on both the Taisgol Stock Exchange and the Qabór Stock Exchange. It is currently headed by CEO and oligarch Satolo Kaasunava. The company operates five main business segments: Aeronautics, Missiles, Ground Developments, Oceanic, and Space. The company also invests in non-military systems, including healthcare, renewable energy, and compact nuclear fusion systems.

History

Early years (1936–1951)

Aquila Solutions was the brainchild of TDF Army officer Nicholas Laasumanen. After Laasumanen retired from the TDF in 1934, he enlisted the help of engineers Mikhail Atakolat and Levir Tušisal to design a new line of fighter planes for the Tierrador Air Force. In 1936, Aquila had begun hiring more engineers, whom were mostly handpicked by Laasumanen due to their expertise and success under Laasumanen's training. In 1940, despite only having around 100 full-time employees, including only 30 engineers, Aquila had won its first contract with the TDF, after successfully testing its first fighter prototype, the A-1 Spitter. Eventually, the Spitter would become the most-used fighter in Tierrador's Air Force, and would also be used as the main fighter for the Air Forces of Ceylonia and Porlos. Aquila would receive a massive increase in funding after the Spitter deal, and they were able to increase their engineering department, allowing for faster development in different departments.

As Aquila's workforce increased to around 8,000 employees, it had begun to expand to new horizons. In 1951, the company had won another large contract, this time with the Tierrador Navy, for the production of 50 new submarines for the Navy, to replace the outdated Second Great War-era submarines that were already in commission for the Navy. In just the company's first fifteen years, Aquila had already jumped to the top-5 largest contractors, and the second-largest in Tierrador, only behind Krestom Dynamics, which had existed for much longer than Aquila.

Role in Kintónist Tierrador (1951–1983)

In 1951, former Defense Officer Pedro Kintón would succeed Satola Sanléc as the Grand Woqali of Tierrador. He would begin to allocate a large portion of the Imperial budget to the TDF, which opened the door for various new possibilities for Aquila. In 1953, Aquila purchased CAS with approval from both the governments of Tierrador and Ceylonia. CAS would operate as an independent division of Aquila, and helped to develop the A-3 Interceptor, the A-44 Bomber, and various airliners. In 1954, Aquila won its third major contract with the TDF, this time with the newly-created Tana'oska Program, which was Tierrador's first instance of a nuclear weapons program. In a little under a decade, both Aquila and CAS would assist to develop the first Tierradorian nuclear bomb, which was first tested in the Saukhin Islands on September 9, 1961.

Aquila became a subject of many anti-nuclear movements, with anti-nuclear activist group Nai Naqular accused the company of attempting to create a "military-industrial complex" throughout Tierrador, owing to the large amount of influence on the TDF by Aquila, CAS, and Krestom. In 1962, Nicholas Laasumanen would die from cancer, and his position would be succeeded by Mikhail Atakolat. Despite the movements growing against Aquila, the Tana'oska Program continued, and Aquila had begun constructing new plants across Tierrador and Porlos. In 1966, Aquila launched the Anetek-class destroyer, which was a highly-advanced destroyer. They were first used in combat in the Mosquito War, and quickly gave the TDF Navy a strategic advantage over Arcerion and Istrenya throughout the war, despite its result as a stalemate. Aquila had also launched Tierrador's first ballistic missile submarine, the IFS Porvaos, in 1969, and conducted the Teppett XII nuclear test that same year, launching an SLBM 120 miles off the northern tip of the Saukhin Islands.

Modern era (1989–present)

The company took pride in the privacy of both its clients and employees, which eventually sparked the SBS investigation into the company in 2008 after suspected tax fraud. Kaasunava claims that the identities of both employees and customers were kept hidden during the investigation, with him only providing aliases and evidence of money coming in and going out to ensure the continued function of the company.