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Introduces Tethered Hovering Surveillance Platform Israel Aerospace
Industrieswill display an innovative concept for lifting
medium weight sensors employed for persistent surveillance missions. The
platform, designated 'Electric Tethered Observation Platform' (ETOP) is a
tethered unmanned hovering platform which can take off, hover in one place,
and land without any additional landing and recovery systems.
Controp Unveils 'Speed' - An Aerostat-Dedicated,
Stabilized multi ...Sep 23, 2008 ... The Skystar 300 aerostat system developed
by Aeronautics defense Systems, combined with Controp Precision Technologies
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ1mT3erZ8
Experiments with War Kites. WAR KITES AT GLEN ISLAND
Demonstrations Showing How an Enemy Could Be Destroyed by Dynamite.
"War Kites at Glen Island," New York Times. August 1, 1898,
p. 2.