
Carolina Unmanned Vehicles Inc. (CUV) yesterday said it delivered the Rev-1 version of the Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS) for deployment to Afghanistan. STMPAS Courtesy of Carolina Unmanned Vehicles STMPAS consists of several optional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) payloads attached under a small specially designed tethered blimp, called a Helikite, and a trailer that carries the Helikite lifting aerostat from the U.K.’s Allsopp Helikites and the required winch, sensors and helium tanks. The STMPAS can fly at 1,000…