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September 30, 2005
Atair Aerospace to Exhibit at the 2005 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition
Atair Aerospace (Atair AS) will exhibit its Onyx™ precision guided parachute systems and inventive technologies at the 2005 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington October 3-5.
(PRWEB) September 30, 2005 -- Onyx systems are autonomously guided parafoil systems (UAV gliders) designed to allow military cargo to be parachuted from high altitude and horizontal stand off and land accurately on target. Atair AS developed the Onyx system under contract with the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center. 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 about 150 feet. Atair AS's Onyx systems are equipped with advanced flocking/swarming and collision avoidance capabilities.
With this technology, multiple Onyx systems (50+) with payloads ranging from two pound ground sensors or small munitions to 2,200 pounds of supplies can be deployed in the same airspace, guiding to one or multiple targets without the possibility of midair collisions. Atair Aerospace is the first company in the world to successfully develop autonomous agent swarming UAVs.
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.
Posted by Industrial-Manufacturing at September 30, 2005 02:03 AM