Mon, Feb 27, 2012
Patent Based On Company's Argus One Lighter-Than-Air UAV
A patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty ("PCT")
for an airship design and a method of controlling the airship has
been filed by lighter-than-air ("LTA") UAV developer World
Surveillance Group. The patent, based on the company's Argus One
UAV, was filed to protect its intellectual property in the unique
airship design that is the foundation of the Company's UAV research
and development program.
Argus 1 UAV
WSGI intends not only to improve and commercialize its
mid-altitude Argus One airship, but to expand on its airship design
to develop next generation UAVs with longer durations, higher
altitudes and increased payload capacities, including the
Stratellite, a long endurance airship intended to operate in the
lower stratosphere.
The PCT patent application is for a LTA unmanned, autonomous
airship with automated control for individual modules for improved
flight stability and aerodynamic control. The design features the
ability to control the rigidity between each module and the ability
to pivot. The modules are operated by microcontrollers based on
aerodynamic requirements. The airship's altitude, overall response
and handling characteristics and flight control utilizes a system
of ballonets contained within each individual module, thereby
creating a dynamically adjustable airship.
The Company's PCT patent application is based on a proprietary
airship design that has undergone years of research and development
and testing. The Argus One UAV has been flight tested and is
currently stationed in Nevada for further testing, demonstrations
and evaluation by our government sponsors. The Argus One airship is
designed to hover or move above the earth's surface for extended
periods of time handling winds in a more efficient manner than
traditional "blimp-like" airships, while also delivering a
cost-effective solution for many applications based on minimal
required ground and human infrastructure. The proprietary design
was developed to focus on government and commercial applications
including military, intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance
("ISR"), border monitoring and drug enforcement, natural disaster
infrastructure, and eventually as an instant infrastructure
solution for global low cost voice and data communications.
"The filing of our initial PCT patent application is a major
step for our Company and in line with our goal to diligently
protect our intellectual property and strengthen our IP portfolio,"
said WSGI President and CEO Glenn D. Estrella. "We are excited by
the unique technical capabilities of our mid-altitude airship
design, which we believe gives our Argus One airship the potential
to successfully operate in a large array of mission critical
applications. We also fully intend to build on our unique airship
design to develop increasingly more complex UAVs leading to our
ultimate goal of a high-altitude, stratospheric, long endurance
aircraft."
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