Hood River, OR, USA, April 30, 2014 -- The US Coast Guard finds Hood Tech launchers fit and operate well in maritime conditions typical of coast guard operations.

From: Hood Tech Corp Mechanical, Inc., Hood River, Oregon
Date: April 29, 2014
Subject: US Coast Guard Finds Hood Tech Launchers Fit Well with Maritime Operations
Contact: Cory Roeseler, Hood Tech Corp Mechanical, Inc., 541 387-2255, [email protected]

According to the Small Unmanned Aircraft System News (http://www.suasnews.com/2014/04/28789/acquisition-update-coast-guard-concludes-last-phase-of-small-unmanned-aircraft-system-demonstration/?utm_source=sUAS+News+Daily&utm_campaign=64ea83a390-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b3c0776dde-64ea83a390-303664173) Hood Tech launchers fit well with the maritime operations of US Coast Guard ships. “The Coast Guard currently is reviewing proposals that might fit its strategy for unmanned surveillance from the National Security Cutter (NSC) class.”

The demonstration, at Wallops Island, Va., was conducted to determine “the efficacy of capabilities the industry can provide to the Coast Guard for missions over a maritime environment”, said Cmdr. Al Antaran, Aviation Domain lead with the Office of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. “The demonstration really showed how little of an impact operation of the sUAS system had on the other work the crew had to do on the ship.” “We are confident, based on hundreds of launches at sea, that our launchers are ideal for the Coast Guard’s requirements, and won’t interfere with other operations,” said a Hood Tech representative. “Our footprint and power demands are both small. There simply isn’t a better launcher out there for the marine environment.”

When in 2002 Hood Tech began producing innovative UAV launchers and retrieval systems for small UAVs, those innovations enabled the elimination of runways for launch and retrieval. 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 failures.

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

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