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February
6, 2004 |
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AEREON
advances the art of aviation:
- by a profitability and safety breakthrough in commercial heavy vertical
lift, a capability breakthrough in military airborne surveillance, and optimizing
hybrid, lifting-body-airships for remote area logistics. |
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| “Time
flies, why not man?” said Solomon Andrews. He invented, built and
flew his first AEREON
er Manhattan in 1863. Today AEREON Corporation asks, “Birds
land easily, why use long runways?” |
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| Exploiting
neglected aerodynamic principles, AEREON
's proprietary technique/technology will enable ultra short-deck
and small field missions for its deltoid Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). And
this Wide Aperture Surveillance Platform (WASP UAV) is a triangular “flying
radome” that presents an uncompromised 360° field of regard for
its low-frequency radar. Military contract research documented WASP order
of magnitude greater radar capability for missile and threat detection,
over equal-size airplanes, yet as a less expensive system. Angel funding
will be timely to enhance and leverage anticipated military contract funding. |
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| Advances in VTOL technology permit a 25%-50% greater
commercial profit (compared to helicopters) for industrial heavy cargo lightering.
Aerial logging crashes and fatalities virtually could end. Violent downwash-induced
debris-injuries and fouled engines of helicopters also are precluded by
VectoRotor’s blend of helium-lift with rotary-wing thrust. Patents
are issuing in several countries. Application for a U.S. government grant,
for a sub-scale Technology demonstration program, is being submitted at
this time. Angel funding is relevant leverage, with this grant, to generate
an early stage stream of revenue during product development. |
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| Lifting Body Airship
technology, pioneered by AEREON
during its first 30 years, finally has been recognized by OSD as
a promising solution for huge global airlifters. We pioneered semi-buoyant
aircraft. We built AEREON
III, dismantled it, adopted a deltoid hull shape, (“DYNAIRSHIP”)
and funded RDT&E:“Project TIGER”. Though patents in 10 countries
have expired, those aerodynamic proof-of-concept flight evaluations (1971)
of AEREON 26 at FAA’s Test
Center, NJ, our know-how, and proprietary innovations will add unique value
to our response to DARPA ‘s “Walrus Program” RFP next
summer. [-- “No runways?” ] Our company is teaming with a larger,
very capable company to compete for a contract. The Office of Force Transformation
told Mr. Miller, “You were 30 years ahead of your time.” |
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| William McE. Miller, Jr. |
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| AEREON
's team includes consultants
with major industry and government engineering leadership experience. The
company is financed by private and angel investors |
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AEREON
Corporation; 20 Nassau Street (#223);
Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel: 609-921-2131; E-mail: aereoncorp@aereon.com;
http://www.aereon.com
William McE. Miller, Jr., Chairman and
President |
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