Conquest Update

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MAX-9/R
We are pleased to announce the recent first shipments of our MAX-9/R remote-mounted hailing system. This product is designed for no-nonsense, extreme-range hailing and warning in situations where the operator is in a different location than the loudspeaker. Some customers will mount the system on a pan-tilt mechanism together with cameras or other ancillary equipment and some will be mounted in a fixed position for targeting specific locations or zones. Literature and website content will be available soon, and interested parties are invited to request specifications and pricing.

The State of the Art
In fall of this year we will demonstrate an extremely advanced manually operated warning system with a hailing range of over 1,000 yards. The system features a day and night vision camera, MP-3 file handling and storage, variable-focus spotlight, and utilizes our DEFT™ technology. The system’s primary purpose is the detection, identification and warning of water-borne craft and persons. Qualified U.S. Government personnel (only) may request further information using our website contact form, email info@conquestinnovations.com, or call our headquarters at 206-407-3319.

Conquest in the Air
July saw deployment of our aerial loudspeaker system (ALS) aboard a military rotary wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The project was a collaborative effort between four companies, with Conquest designing and building the system and assisting with payload integration. During the operation an audio message was broadcast up to 4000 feet above ground level, broadcasting over a wide swath with perfect voice intelligibility. This is the fourth such system we have implemented, and the first aboard a helicopter. Our ALS can be configured for nearly any aircraft and is an economical method for broadcasting audio messages into denied or difficult-to-reach areas. Small UAVs are extremely difficult to see at the altitudes our ALS is capable of transmitting from, minimizing harm that could come from hostile situations on the ground.

Scattercasting™
Recently we received a contract modification from USSOCOM for continuing development of the air-droppable Scatterable Loudspeaker System (SLS).

Did you know?
The history of Airborne Loudspeaker Systems: 60 years ago.

February 15, 1945 – One of the first airborne loudspeaker PSYOPS broadcasts was done in the Marshall Islands. Two American songs and a voice message were played. Using the technology of the day, the acoustic output was weak, the aircraft was large, and the PV-1 aircraft took heavy fire and lost an engine.

During the Korean war, two C-47 aircraft were made available to the Eighth Army and X Corps to broadcast surrender messages over airborne loudspeakers. The speakers were mounted to project slightly from the doors, pointing to a 45-degree angle when the planes flew straight and level. In May 1951 the speakers were moved to the bottom of the planes so they could point them directly at the ground with less danger to the craft.

Leaflets and loudspeakers were credited as a factor in the heavy increase of prisoners as the Korean War moved into its second year. Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. considered PSYOPS the “cheapest form of warfare.”

Conquest Innovations Welcomes Steven Bradbury
Steve joins us as Director of Operations bringing over 15 years of experience in integration, development and management of innovative commercial and military technologies to our team. He previously held positions at both American Technology Corporation and General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works where he worked on development and deployment of visual and acoustic deterrence systems for military and civilian applications and headed up efforts to introduce fuel cell power plant, solid state lighting and variable speed drive technologies to US Naval platforms. His experience will provide invaluable support and expertise to Conquest's growing organization and ongoing technology development efforts. Steve currently resides in Maine where he is a Registered Professional Engineer.


Conquest is an AFCEA corporate member (Link to www.afcea.org)