AEROS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR DARPA ISIS PROGRAM

Arlington, Virginia - July 20, 2004

Worldwide Aeros has been contracted on the DARPA ISIS Program, which will study the feasibility of an extremely powerful sensor package integrated directly into the structure of a stratospheric airship. Aeros is teamed with Northrop Grumman. The project kickoff meeting was held today at Northrop Grumman in Linthicum, MD.

ISIS (Integrated Sensor In Structure) intends to develop a stratospheric, airship-based autonomous unmanned sensor that can track targets in the air and on the ground. The intended mission endurance is "years". ISIS is revolutionary in that radar performance requirements are met not by increased power but instead by increased aperture. The phased-array radar antennas will be integrated into the airship itself, ulitizing the vehicle's immense size as a sensor asset.

Aeros will be working the airship and antenna integration issues. The stratospheric platform program also seeks to field an unmanned airship capable of staying on station for as much as an entire year. Recent Aeros work on an unmanned version of their Model 40B, referred to as the 40UAB, will also benefit the program.

 

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About DARPA

For more information on the DARPA ISIS Program, please visit http://www.darpa.mil/spo/programs/isis.htm