Lightweight Aerostat System (LAS)
The Lightweight Aerostat System includes a Carrier and a 35 cubic meter (1235 cubic feet) Helikite aerostat. The CUV built Carrier is a trailer with helium tanks, winch and launch equipment for the Helikite. It mounts all the handling equipment in one small trailer towed by a HMMWV, SUV or pickup truck. Many comparable aerostat handling systems are several times as large, and require multiple trucks for carriage. The Carrier is highly mobile on and off-road, and is transportable by a C-130.
LAS Navy Contract Press Release
Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc. (CUV), Raleigh North Carolina, announces award of a Navy
Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop a new version of their
Lightweight Aerostat System (LAS). The new LAS, to carry a Deployable Communications
Network payload, and called LAS-DCN, is to be designed for deployment from the new Navy
Lightweight Aerostat System DHS Paper
LIGHTWEIGHT AEROSTAT SYSTEM (LAS)
A New Communications Relay and Surveillance Capability For Homeland Security
Low Cost, Long Mission Duration, Minimum Manpower
1.0 BACKGROUND There is a pressing Homeland Security, law enforcement and emergency response
need for a low cost, responsive, and mobile equipment for resilient and durable communications after an
Debut Demonstration of a New Blimp System
Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc. (CUV), Raleigh North Carolina, successfully debuted their
new version of the Helikite Elevated Platform (HEP) at the Force Protection Equipment
Demonstration V (FPED V) at Quantico Marine Base, Virginia from 26 to 28 April 2005
