Story ID: AN309222014safety
Eureka Prize Awarded to Helicopter Float System
By: AIN Staff
Caption: Australian company wins the 2014 Defense Science and Technology Organization Eureka Prize.
Word Count: 72
Australian company One Atmosphere was recently named this year’s winner of the Australian Defense Science and Technology Organization’s Eureka prize. The company received the honor for creating Pegasus, an emergency helicopter buoyancy system to prevent aircraft from sinking after ditching at sea. One Atmosphere said the lightweight Pegasus will quickly raise a 22,000-pound helicopter from a depth of 33 feet and keep it afloat for four hours.