French balloon specialist Airstar Aerospace is making its first appearance at the Paris Air Show this week, both within the SAFE Cluster pavilion (PACA region–Provence, Alps, Côte d’Azur; Hall 4 Stand B78) and by deploying one of its Eagle Owl ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) tethered balloons over the show site.
“The Eagle Owl is set to be a highlight at this year’s show for both visitors and industry professionals,” said the company. “Due to its military confidentiality, is has rarely ever been shown to the public. And it will be presented at Le Bourget in a previously unreleased version.”
Meanwhile the company said it plans to “announce the signing of a major partnership with a world leading in the aerospace industry” at the air show.
Airstar designs and manufactures stratospheric balloons, tethered balloons and airships, and thermal insulation for satellites–and the Eagle Owl is equipped with sensors and optical devices for day and night surveillance, including target zoom, tracking and GPS coordinate pointing.
In addition, today [Monday, June 19]at 3.30 p.m. the company’s managing director, Romain Chabert, will be making a presentation about his company at the Paris Air Lab, in the Concorde Hall of the Air & Space Museum.
“The fact that Airstar Aerospace is now exhibiting and the Paris Air Show is a strong message sent to the aerospace and aeronautical industries. People will find in Airstar Aerospace is a unique partner, a manufacturer of complex woven fabrics and highly technical tailored films dedicated to the defense, research, telecoms and transport industries.
Our solutions help to secure areas (control of borders and strategic sites, fight against terrorism and drug trafficking); they help to connect people (5G diffusion); to analyze (environmental surveillance); and they contribute to heavy load transportation.
Airstar Aerospace will also be represented at the show via a number of exhibiting partners, including Thales Alenia Space–for which Airstar is providing the Stratobus drone/satellite hybrid balloon’s fully-equipped envelope.