Looks like a new player on the field to me--I think it is Aerial Products in Jacksonville, Florida. Google their address at 11653 Central Pkwy, Jacksonville, FL and tell me if that doesn't look like their back door on Google Earth Satellite. That is a net curtain style aerostat like they manufacture and sell. It is one of their aersotats I am flying in my profile photo.
Implications? They have sold to DoD. They do manufacture envelopes and have done systems integration of winches and aerostat containers/trailers. IMO they do have the manufacturing space and experience needed. They also have sold to the North American first responder market--Nashville PD for one I think--tethered solutions. We have sold for them a tiny bit in the past--portable mast cameras. Their owner, Kevin Hess, is a hard worker. They are about the size of Allsopp Helikites in the UK. Be nice to bring Sandy Allsopp into this mix if WSGI is now partnering with other small LTA subcontractors. Sandy's system has launch and recovery problems that BiB could solve IMO.
I believe I mentioned Aerial Products to Dan E. on my notorious "peek in the box" phone call to him last summer. It would be interesting to know if that was the initial contact or they were already developing a connection. Pretty fast follow-up if it was IMO. Folks, there is nothing but good news in this photo IMO. Check out Google Earth and tell me if you think I have done my intel analysis well enough. Should be some pictures of an Aerial Products curtain aerostat on the web as well. By the way, if they are just a subcontractor there is no need for an 8-K IMO. I am not the expert on that. Do nothing management,huh? Give me a break.
Good job, IndyBlue. VERY interesting. Good days, indeed. IndyJonesOhio.
