Innovation
True Aviation has been involved with several productive modification and improvement endeavors and will continue to pursue efforts to further enhance aviation asset utility and functionality, with particular focus on those associated with Search and Rescue.Historical Success
H-60 Rescue Board
Problem: USAF UH-60 assets' inability
to recover and properly secure more than a single stokes litter
patient.
-In response we designed, tested, and manufactured a new Rescue
Board which permits securely "stacking" two stokes litter patients
while providing medical technician access to both. The
resultant USAF-constructed board also permits
follow-on hoist operations even with the two stokes litter patients
secured on-board the aircraft.
External Gun Mount System
Problem: Crew-served weapons
utilized by H-60 aircrew intruded unsafely 
into crew space and restricted full
utility of cabin area.
-In response we conceptualized an externally mounted weapons
system to provide full utility of complete range of legacy
weapons while placing them entirely external to the crew area.
In cooperation with a civil development contractor, designed,
developed, tested, and certified the new EGMS which remains
available through
Contract Fabrication
& Design.
Overhead Restraint System
Problem:
USAF CSAR-X contender
Agusta Westland, Inc desired support
to improve the US-101 cabin efficiency and
effectiveness for prosecuting the CSAR mission.
-In response we detailed restraint requirements for
large cabin helicopters, then conceptualized and defined new restraint
system design parameters for incorporation into the US-101 CSAR-X
contender. Resultant system as installed by
Air
Methods was displayed in AWI's US-101 traveling mock-up and
has since been incorporated into other large aircraft.
External
Stores Support System External Hoist Mount
Problem:
UH-60A unmodified aircraft
don't have the ability to mount an external hoist, thereby
limiting their effectiveness in arenas such as Hurricane
Katrina aftermath.
-In response and working within the framework of
another entity, we designed, developed, patented, and
manufactured an external stores support system external
rescue hoist mount. Though the finalized design passed
multiple life-time vibration tests and was demonstrably
lighter, cheaper, and more user friendly than the only other available option, the U.S.
Army procurement team has yet to assist full flight
testing/validation.