Aeros Awarded DoD SBIR Contract to Develop Low Cost Unmanned Airship Sensor Platform

Los Angeles, California, May 28, 2003 Aeros has been awarded a U.S. Department of Defense SBIR Phase I contract to develop a Low Cost Unmanned Airship Sensor Platform. The contract is sponsored by the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and managed by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (Huntsville, AL).

The new airborne platform will fulfill the MDA’s primary mission objective of observing and recording boost phase ballistic missile launches. "Our company is completely committed to the development of this advanced new airborne sensor platform, with the highest degree of confidence for success at meeting MDA’s mandate for this SBIR program,” said Igor Pasternak, Aeros President.