Hood Tech Vision Imagers Pass US Coast Guard Evaluation of Small UAVs The US Coast Guard has concluded

the last phase of its analysis of small unmanne d aircraft, looking at Hood Tech Vision's UAV imagers and finding them qualified. Hood River, OR, April 30, 2014 -- The US Coast Guard has concluded the last phas e of its analysis of small unmanned aircraft, looking at Hood Tech Vision's UAV im agers and finding them qualified. From: Hood Tech Corp Vision, Inc., Hood River, Oregon Date: April 29, 2014 Subject: Hood Tech Vision Imagers Pass US Coast Guard Evaluation of Small UAVs Contact: Dr. Andy von Flotow, Hood Tech Corp Vision, Inc., 541-387-2288, andy@ho odtech.com According to Small Unmanned Aircraft System News (http://www.suasnews.com/2014/ 04/28789/acquisition-update-coast-guard-concludes-last-phase-of-small-unmanned-a ircraft-system-demonstration/?utm_source=sUAS+News+Daily&utm_campaign=64ea83a390 -RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b3c0776dde-64ea83a390-303664173) the Coast Guard has concluded its analysis of small UAVs. They found that a UA V with Hood Tech Vision imagers showed how little of an impact operation of the s UAS system had on the other work the crew had to do on the ship. Designed to det ermine whether the presence and operation of a small UAV would enhance or interf ere with normal maritime operations, the demonstration at Wallops Island ... provid ed the necessary maritime environment without the limitations of actually being at sea. Maritime air surveillance is a critical component to Coast Guard cutters' capabilit ies to secure, safeguard and provide effective stewardship of activities in the maritime domain. The key to thesystem's usefulness is in selecting the right camera for the (small UAV), Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Vajda said. It is very dependent on the qualit y of the camera. You need a certain level in order to be able to identify what y ou are looking atThe small UAS (and its imagers) will address the NSC's immediate n eed for a persistent airborne surveillance capability, said Vajda. When Hood Tech began producing 800-gm video-camera turrets in 1998, it enabled a n entirely new class of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Hood Technology V ision now designs and manufactures imaging and video processing systems at the h ighest level of the National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS): leve l 9. Hood Tech matches embedded stabilization technology with electro-optical le nses that zoom up to 200 times. This results in a field of view of 0.3 degrees, in a package that weighs from less than one to six kg. Hood Tech Vision imagers consume as little as one-fifth the power common for suc h systems, increasing the power budget to other sensors for Multi-INT missions. Designed for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), boats, land vehicles, a nd towed and stationary mounts, the reliability and utility of Hood Tech's dayligh t and thermal imaging products has been demonstrated over more than 750,000 hour s of use in a variety of temperatures, humidity, dust, smoke, haze, and other en vironmental factors (http://www.hoodtechvision.com). Dr. Andy von Flotow founded Hood Technology in Hood River, Oregon in 1992. Alon g with the design and manufacture of stabilized imaging systems, Hood Tech: Develops, tests, and manufactures launch and retrieval systems for UAVs Operates controlled launch and quiet wind tunnel test facilities Monitors blade vibrations in industrial turbines and jet engines, including diag nostic methods that predict possible future failures. The Hood Tech web site is: www.hoodtech.com

Contact: Andy von Flotow Hood Tech 1750 Country Club Rd. Hood River, OR 97031 541-387-2288 ken@hoodtech.com http://www.hoodtech.com