Platforms Wireless And Lindstrand Technologies Expand Strategic Partnership Agreement
Under the strategic partnership alliance, Lindstrand Technologies, who has worked with Platforms Wireless for the past seven years, and is an active participant on the Platforms presentations and proposals to the U.S. Department of Defense, has agreed to supply the aerostats for use as high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE), lighter-than-air (LTA), airborne platforms for the delivery of Platforms commercial and military airborne wireless communications system payloads. Lindstrand has also agreed to represent Platforms' airborne wireless communications systems around the world, and will market Platforms Communications Systems as integrated offerings with its aerostats and balloons. Lindstrand will supply (i) permanent site aerostat systems for fixed position communications and surveillance applications; (ii) self-contained, transportable, ISO-containerized aerostats for rapid deployment of the Platforms' RECOM-911™ Systems to emergencies and natural or man-made disaster incidents; and (iii) self-contained, transportable mini-aerostats for specialized applications of Platforms airborne wireless communications and surveillance systems by the military, fire departments, law enforcement agencies, offices of emergency services, and state and local governments.
At the Platforms System demonstration in San Diego, California, on September 30, 2006, Dr. Per Lindstrand, founder and President of Lindstrand Technologies, and one of the world's leading authorities in aerostat technology, supported the Platforms RECOM-911™ System demonstration to the United States Department of Defense, presenting the extensive HALE, LTA aircraft capabilities of his company and the significant recent advancements in aerostat technology. Dr. Lindstrand elaborated on the capabilities and advantages of his advanced aerostats, and his commitment to the Platforms airborne wireless communications technology. With the advent of new composite aerostat skin materials and Helium compartment advances, LTL's aerostats can remain aloft for months at a time, minimizing docking requirements for Helium refills and maintenance. These advances also make possible an "envelope" packing and repacking cycle capability in excess of 100 times, as compared to industry-standard repacking life cycles of ten to twelve cycles.
Dr. Lindstrand also discussed the significant advances in aerostat aerodynamic design, mooring station, and restraint tether system technologies. These advances now allow the aerostat to remain aloft in winds of up to 75 knots (Hurricane Category-1), and remain safely secured to its mooring station. The custom tether restraint system also provides restraint fibers made out of Spectra and Kevlar fibers, with conduits for fiber optics, power, and communications to link the airborne payload to the ground radio base stations, network switching equipment, computers, and the aerostat operations and health monitoring systems.
William C. Martin, President and CEO of Platforms Wireless International, stated: "We thank Dr. Lindstrand for his invaluable contributions and support over the past seven years, and for his support and participation in our RECOM-911™ System demonstration in San Diego on September 30th. We are very proud to have Dr. Lindstrand as a key strategic partner, who has contributed and continues to contribute significantly to the development of Platforms' airborne wireless communications systems."
SOURCE: Platforms Wireless International Corporation