Background XADS: Directed Energy, Counter-IED and Non-Lethal VertiPod 2: Vertical Takeoff flying...

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Background

• XADS: Directed Energy, Counter-IED and Non-Lethal

• VertiPod 2: Vertical Takeoff flying platform for military and civilian applications

• LunaTrex: Turn-key space operations and Google Lunar X PRIZE competition

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BackgroundXADS: Non-Lethal Lasers

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New, parallel effort, having purchased another company’s design to manufacture an heavier VTOL flying platform

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• Low-cost space access

• Turn-Key Space Operations

• Google Lunar X-Prize

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• Mission Control Center Operations• Low-cost operations for small-mid sats• Data Center; partnered with Orbit

Frontiers for Space Data Library• Launch and Integration Service

Consolidation• International partnerships to minimize

costs and maximize capabilities• Spacecraft Control Module (SCM)

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New Facility• Will house AirBuoyant ops and

LunaTrex Mission Control• R&D and Production• Hangar for flight operations• Centralized offices• LEED-certified, green building

• Wind and solar power• Biodiesel Gensets• R-40 insulation

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• Launch and Land a small Rover on Moon• Must take HD video and travel 500 meters• Must broadcast video to Earth• $20 Million Grand Prize; $5 million 2nd Prize• LunaTrex currently involves companies from

Indiana, Alabama, Ohio and Arizona, with an eye to international collaboration

• LunaTrex will involve university students, including those from Purdue and the University of Dayton, and others to make attempt.

• Sound principles; low cost, safe attempt

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The Team So Far

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• Why do we think we can do this?

• Every element of the effort is accounted for by experience of individuals on the team.

• Once the overall project is broken down into its constituent components, nothing is all that far-fetched.

• It is not up to one individual or one company – it is a growing alliance of many.

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Contact InformationPete Bitar, President/CEO

765-623-9815 (Cell) 765-644-7323 (Office)[email protected]

www.AirBuoyant.com or www.VertiPod.com282 Airport Rd., Anderson, IN 46017