Hood River, OR, July 04, 2014 -- In order to perform missions, a UAV must get airborne. That’s what Hood Tech’s UAV launcher Mark 4 does for the RQ-21A Blackjack UAV.

From: Hood Tech Corp Mechanical, Inc., Hood River, Oregon
Date: July 3, 2014
Subject: New UAV Blackjack Dependent on Hood Tech’s Launcher System
Contact: Cory Roeseler, Hood Tech Corp Mechanical, Inc., 541 387-2255, [email protected]

In order to perform missions, the new Blackjack UAV must be effectively launched from austere locations (http://www.dvidshub.net/news/133274/vmu-2-breaks-ground-new-home-blackjack). Hood Tech supplies the launcher for the Blackjack, as done for its predecessor UAV. “The Blackjack operates on a completely independent launch and recovery system. The system allows the Blackjack to take off and be recovered from an expeditionary or urban environment, as well as from the deck of Navy ships.”

When in 2002 Hood Tech began producing innovative UAV launchers and retrieval systems for small UAVs, those innovations enabled the elimination of runways. 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, OR 97031
541-387-2255
[email protected]
http://www.hoodtech.com