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Sierra And Techsphere Recieve Order For High Altitude Airship
St Petersburg FL (SPX) Jan 14, 2005 Proxity and its operating subsidiary Cyber Defense Systems announce Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Techsphere Systems International (TSI) have received a purchase order for the initial development of a high altitude airship. The project will be managed by the Naval Air Systems Command (Navair). Navair recently contracted with CYDF and has been flight-testing the SA-60 spherical airship to evaluate its potential to satisfy future military and defense requirements. The SA-60 is a prototype developed by TSI. CYDF has an exclusive marketing agreement with TSI for all of their products. The Prime contractor, SNC, through an exclusive partnership agreement, will provide technology, payload, and sensor integration for the ongoing project. According to published reports, Navair's purpose in conducting the demonstrations was to evaluate the performance characteristics of the SA-60 spherical airship, and provide quantitative analysis to the Navy and other Services for consideration on a variety of future missions. "The main thing Navair is interested in is economical, persistent surveillance...an airship provides that better than any other vehicle. Airships can operate at 25-30 percent the cost of comparable rotary wing or fixed wing aircraft." According to Techsphere President Mike Lawson, TSI, CYDF and SNC's joint marketing and lobbing efforts have helped create an awareness of the benefits of airships uses in a number of surveillance and communication capacities. The companies are moving forward with plans to build an unmanned operational version that will be able to reach and maintain an altitude of 20,000 feet, and fly for up to two days. Delivery is planned in late spring. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Proxity Cyber Defense Systems Techsphere Systems International Sierra Nevada Corporation SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express UAV News - Suppliers and Technology
USAF UAV Battlelab Sponsors Demo Of Proxy Aviation's SkyForce
Germantown MD (SPX) Jan 11, 2006Proxy Aviation Systems recently announced the United States Air Force (USAF) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab (UAVB) sponsored and cooperated in a demonstration of SkyForce, Proxy Aviation's unmanned aircraft system. |
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