Onyx System Caught On Tape
BROOKLYN, NY – October 29, 2003 – Recently, over the skies of Virginia, you might have been surprised to see a bright yellow parachute gliding through the air with a black barrel dangling underneath. An alien sight to be sure, but no cause for alarm. It is only testing for Atair Aerospace’s Onyx System, a pioneering new technology that allows cargo to be airdropped from up to 35,000 feet. The Onyx System then autonomously navigates while gliding through the air at high speed until its landing parachute is deployed and the system touches down at a pre-programmed coordinate on the ground.
New pictures of the Onyx System in flight are now available for viewing on Atair’s website: http://www.atairaerospace.com/onyx/. The new pictures detail the main guidance parafoil in action and the transition from guided parachute to landing parachute. This recoverable and reusable system will be demonstrated November 2-7 at the classified PATCAD Conference at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds before hundreds of senior ranking Department of Defense and NATO officials and procurement officers. So if you happen to be in Arizona and spot some strange airborne sights, don’t run for cover. It’s only Atair Aerospace!
For more information, contact Rick Zaccari at
PR@atair.com or visit the Atair Aerospace website at
www.atair.com.
