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Magazine: CERAMIC INDUSTRY, March 1998
Section: News
CERAMIC COATINGS HELP IMPROVE ARC SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE
Platforms International Corp., a major developer of unmanned systems, has announced a strategic alliance with LPE Corp. in the further development of Platform International's proprietary Airborne Relay Communications (ARC) Systems.
The ARC System includes state-of-the-art high altitude aircraft, a command and control ground station, and software developed by PLFM's System Software Development Facility.
LPE Corp. will make the special high-altitude engines required for operation of the three ARC system aircraft, which will rotate operations every 40 hours to provide year-round uninterrupted service. ARC aircraft will use LPE's 196-cubic-inch, 4-cylinder engine aerated to 115 hp from the 225 hp capability of some design variants. Full power can be maintained to over 65,000 feet. The liquid-cooled compound-staged turbocharged engine uses dual electronic ignition and fuel injection, internal ceramic coatings, and a roller valve train.
The jointly-produced ARC System will cut costs and improve system performance in widely diverse areas of the economy through use of a simpler, more elegant design. Areas of the economy that will be directly affected include telecommunications, drug interdiction and other law enforcement, early warning weather surveillance agriculture, forest fire fighting, oil and mineral exploration, and a long list of military applications.
Source: Ceramic Industry, Mar98, Vol. 148 Issue 3, News Insert p2, 1/4p.
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