About Sanswire Corporation
The Sanswire - TAO Benefit
Integrating Sanswire and Stuttgart-based TAO Technologies creates various strategic advantages for both companies. Each group enters the relationship with synergistic, yet very distinct core competencies. Sanswire's business development, its inroads into the U.S. Government review process as well as inroads into overseas markets and other marketing resources complement TAO's vast airship product R&D prowess -- creating a truly dynamic environment for the advancement of airship technologies.
The Sanswire/TAO efforts are centered in Stuttgart, taking advantage of the collective resources one of the world's best technology hubs at the University of Stuttgart. Their vast resources of aerospace testing facilities including wind tunnels, environmental test chambers, structural testing devices, computer aided design and a legion of aerospace and physics professionals along with their more than 10 years of solar powered airship experience make TAO one of the world's leader in solar airship design and development. Sanswire/TAO is energized by the innovation and diligence of Stuttgart's higher education atmosphere, and by one of the community's foremost aviation experts, Dr. Bernd Kröplin. Some of the advantages the team can boast:
- Multiple Airship Platforms - Ranging from short range low altitude platforms to Stratospheric solutions.
- Access to Resources - Through contractual relationships with world-renowned universities, including their hometown University of Stuttgart.
- Research and Development - More than a decade of knowledge and experience resulting from significant data gathered from vital airship testing.
- Proprietary Systems - Custom developed systems from the design and modeling of airships to specialized flight control systems.
- Intellectual Property - Patented designs and concepts providing worldwide protection.
- Constructed Airships - Several platforms ready for demonstrations including a Stratospheric airship test planned during 2009.
- Testing Facilities - Including aerospace laboratories, assembly and storage hangars, wind tunnels, certified launch and flight facilities, and certified manufacturing and production facilities.
Working with TAO immediately started delivering benefits to Sanswire. TAO's technical resources relieved Sanswire's expensive California-based operations, enabling us to concentrate on our sales and marketing resources. The result is a combined team able to help customers refine their mission requirements using a larger selection of products.