Lighter Than Air Systems' WASP Aerostat Platform Invited Back to Participate in the U.S. Army's Network Integration Experiment
February 13 2014 - 9:00AM
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Lighter Than Air Systems' WASP Aerostat Platform Invited Back to
Participate in the U.S. Army's Network Integration Experiment
WASP Aerostat Systems to Return to Network Integration
Experiment 14.2 as a Baseline System
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL--(Marketwired - Feb 13, 2014) - Lighter
Than Air Systems Corp. ("LTAS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of World
Surveillance Group Inc. (OTCQB: WSGI), a developer of
lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, has
announced that aerostat systems provided by LTAS to the U.S. Army
Space and Missile Defense Command ("SMDC")/Army Forces Strategic
Command will participate in the U.S. Army's Network Integration
Experiment ("NIE") 14.2 taking place at Fort Bliss, TX and White
Sands Missile Range, NM during April and May, 2014. The two
Winch Aerostat Small Platforms ("WASP") will be returning to NIE
14.2 as a Baseline System following their successful mission at NIE
14.1 as a System Under Evaluation. The Army's NIEs evaluate
and integrate current and prospective systems thereby driving
changing requirements, procurement, and field recommendations.
The WASP is a mobile, tactical-sized aerostat capable of
carrying a variety of payloads in support of military operations
helping troops in the field have a tactical edge while
communicating over greater distances. The WASP leverages aerostat
technology to elevate network payloads to an advantaged height to
enable persistent network connectivity while reducing risk to units
conducting missions.
The NIE 14.2 exercises are intended to evaluate joint
force network capabilities; improve unified land operations with
communications nodes based on aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles
("UAVs"); integrate networking technologies into the armored
brigade combat team; develop ways to deliver, collect and process
integrated, multi-source intelligence to front-line warfighters;
and make field command posts more mobile and efficient. The NIE
14.2 exercises also will involve beyond line of sight
communications; expeditionary signal brigade tropospheric scatter
communications; network intrusion prevention; cellular
communications; electromagnetic spectrum operation; condition based
maintenance; and operational energy solutions.
LTAS produces various tactical aerostat systems, all of which
are turn-key, self contained systems mounted to a compact trailer
for use with various military or commercial vehicles. The LTAS
aerostat systems are engineered to provide significant benefits,
including reduced acquisition, maintenance and overall operation
costs, smaller footprint necessary for infrastructure and
operations, reduced operators required to manage the aerostat,
decreased time for inflation/deflation, faster launch and recovery,
and a simplified process. The LTAS tactical aerostat systems
include fixed and remote controls, multiple winches, custom
software and electronics, and self contained helium storage with
rapid inflation and deflation systems for simplified user
operation. The systems are designed to act as either an eye-in-the
sky or a floating aerial communications tower depending on the
payload to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance and
communications for, among other applications, military, security,
and disaster scenarios.
For more information about WSGI and LTAS, please visit
http://www.wsgi.com and www.ltascorp.com.
About World Surveillance Group Inc.
World Surveillance Group Inc. (OTCQB: WSGI) designs, develops,
markets and sells autonomous, lighter-than-air advanced aerostats
and UAS capable of carrying payloads that provide persistent
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ("ISR"), security
and/or wireless communications solutions at low and mid
altitudes. WSGI's aerial assets are designed for integration
with electronics systems and other high technology payloads for use
by government-related and commercial entities that require
real-time ISR or communications support for military, homeland
defense, border control, drug interdiction, natural disaster
relief, maritime and environmental missions. For more
information regarding WSGI, please visit www.wsgi.com, or view our
reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
http://www.sec.gov.
About Lighter Than Air Systems Corp.
Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. (LTAS), a wholly owned subsidiary
of World Surveillance Group Inc (WSGI) provides critical aerial and
land based surveillance and communications solutions to Government
and commercial customers. LTAS systems are designed and developed
in-house utilizing proprietary technologies and processes that
result in compact, rapidly deployable aerostat solutions and mast
based systems that have been proven to fulfill critical
requirements by the military and law enforcement in the U.S. and to
our allies around the world.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking
statements, including the participation of LTAS' aerostat systems
in NIE 14.2, LTAS' relationships with the NIE, the Army, SMDC or
others and our ability to continue and/or expand such
relationships, the ability to shift field recommendations or
receive orders based on the LTAS aerostat systems' participation in
NIE 14.2, the intended operations at and expected results of NIE
14.2, the suitability of the LTAS aerostat systems for any
particular application, the ability of the LTAS aerostat systems to
satisfy customer demands or requirements or meet any specific
challenges, the ability of the LTAS aerostat systems to function in
accordance with its design expectations, the capabilities,
characteristics and advantages of, and costs related to, the LTAS
aerostat systems or the Company's other technology, products and
services, the further advancement, development or commercialization
of any of LTAS' or the Company's products, the ability of the
Company or LTAS to secure business with new customers or grow
revenues, and the ability of the Company to execute on its
strategies or to accomplish any of its goals or objectives. The
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"would," and similar expressions and all statements, which are not
historical facts, are intended to identify forward-looking
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factors, any of which could cause the Company to not achieve some
or all of its goals or the Company's previously reported actual
results, performance (finance or operating) to change or differ
from future results, performance (financing and operating) or
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disclaims any, obligation to update the forward-looking statements
contained in this press release.