U.S. Army parachute technology demonstration to feature Atair Aerospace's autonomous agent swarming and collision avoidance technologies
BROOKLYN, NY – October 11, 2005 – Atair Aerospace (Atair AS) will demonstrate its Onyx™ precision guided parachute systems and inventive autonomous agent swarming and collision avoidance technologies before an audience of key military officials and field operatives at the 2005 Precision Airdrop Technology Conference and Demonstration (PATCAD) at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz. October 17-21.
PATCAD is a biennial event which brings together allied militaries and governments for practical demonstrations and briefings on the latest precision airdrop technologies. Atair AS is among an elite group of defense contractors invited to demonstrate at PATCAD, and the only company demonstrating precision guided parachute systems equipped with advanced swarming (formation flying) and collision avoidance capabilities. In December 2004, Atair AS made history by becoming the first company to successfully develop and demonstrate swarming and collision avoidance capabilities on a fleet of autonomously guided parachute systems. The 2005 PATCAD will be Atair AS's second consecutive invitation to the event, and first opportunity to place its autonomous agent swarming and collision avoidance technologies on an international stage.
Onyx systems are autonomously guided parafoil systems designed to allow military cargo to be parachuted from high altitude and horizontal stand off and land accurately on target. Onyx systems can be dropped from an altitude up to 35,000 feet, autonomously glide for 30+ miles, and land on a preprogrammed target—accurate to better than 150 feet. Atair AS's advanced swarming and collision avoidance capabilities enable multiple Onyx systems (50+) with payloads ranging from two pound ground sensors or small munitions to 2,200 pounds of supplies to be deployed in the same airspace, guiding to one or multiple targets without the possibility of midair collisions. Atair AS developed the Onyx system under contract with the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center.
Headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., Atair Aerospace is a high-technology defense contractor dedicated to modernizing military, government, and corporate logistics by creatively solving complex aerospace and engineering problems that integrate the state-of-the-art in parachute designs and guidance, navigation, and control systems.
For more information, contact Rick Zaccari at
PR@atairaerospace.com or visit the Atair Aerospace website at
www.atairaerospace.com.
