Hood River, OR, USA, October 29, 2014 -- Hood Tech’s UAV launcher deploys to Yemen to help track Al Qaida's forces. Launchers make runways unnecessary.

From: Hood Tech Corp Mechanical, Inc., Hood River, Oregon
Date: October 28, 2014
Subject: Hood Tech UAV Launchers to be used in Yemen
Contact: Cory Roeseler, Hood Tech Corp Mechanical, Inc., 541 387-2255, [email protected]

According to the World Tribune online (http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/10/03/u-s-awards-boeing-subsidiary-contract-supply-drones-yemen/) the Yemeni government will use Hood Tech’s UAV launcher to help track Al Qaida activities. As part of the system, at least one launcher will deploy to Yemen. The Yemeni forces will train on how and when to employ the launcher. The article specifically reports that Hood Tech’s UAV launcher eliminates the need for an airfield.

When in 2002 Hood Tech began producing innovative UAV launchers and retrieval systems for small UAVs, those innovations enabled the elimination of runways. This freed aircraft for shipboard use, for deployment in irregular or disrupted landscapes, and for other difficult locations. Showing their ruggedness and reliability, Hood Tech launchers have initiated tens of thousands of flights under the extreme environments of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and aboard ships in the oceans around the globe.
Dr. Andy von Flotow founded Hood Technology in Hood River, Oregon in 1992. In addition to the design and manufacture of launch systems, Hood Technology:

Provides zip test services for pre-flight safety verification of experimental aircraft and components.
Owns and maintains a silent wind tunnel for measuring UAV engine and prop noise in accordance with MILSTD1474.
Develops, tests, and manufactures stabilized imaging systems for a variety of UAVs
Monitors blade vibrations in industrial turbines and jet engines, a diagnostic method for predicting possible future turbine failures.

The Hood Tech web site is: www.hoodtech.com

Contact:
Cory Roeseler
Hood Technology
135 Country Club Road, Building A
Hood River, OR 97031
5413872255
[email protected]
http://www.hoodtech.com