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TCOM Innovations In Aerostat Technology

Broad Spectrum of Communication Systems

  • Television & Radio Broadcast
  • Long-Range Wideband Aerostat Microwave Link
  • COMINT System Surveillance
  • VHF/UHF Radio Links
  • GCI Radio Links

Mobility & Transportability

  • Fully Integrated Modular Mooring Systems Support Site Relocation
  • Transportable Land-Based Aerostats for Tactical Deployments
  • Sea-Based Aerostats Provide Maximum Flexibility
  • Truck-mounted Aerostats
    Provide Surveillance
    On-the-Move

World's Most Advanced
Tether Technology

  • Fiber Optic Powered Tethered System
  • First Lightning-Protected Tether System (Patented)
  • Kevlar, Vectran and Zylon Tether Technology

Advanced Payload Systems

  • Fully Coherent Solid State L-Band Aerostat-Borne Radar
  • World's Only Aerostat-Borne Long Range 3-D Active Aperture Radar
  • Pulse Doppler X-Band Multi-Mode Aerostat-Borne Radar
  • Very Low Frequency Communications
  • COMINT/ELINT
  • EO/IR Camera Systems

Highest Operational Altitudes

  • AEW Radar Systems Routinely Operate at 15,000ft
  • SIGINT Systems Routinely Operate Above 20,000ft

Other Milestones

  • Complete Aerostat Flight Simulator Capability
  • First to Operate Aerostat North of the Arctic Circle
  • Largest Non-rigid Aerostat
  • First to Operate an Aerostat Aloft Continuously for 30 Days
TCOM Innovations
 
 
Last Update: 31 October 2005
 
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