FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 28, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Sanswire-TAO Corp., the joint venture equally owned by TAO Technologies GmbH and the Sanswire subsidiary of GlobeTel Communications Corp. (Pink Sheets:GTEM), today announced that Dr. Bernd Kroplin, president of TAO Technologies, filed a patent application in Germany for "Segmented Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Equipped With Energy Medium." A registration number of 10 2008 002 939.4 was assigned to the patent.
Dr. Bernd Kroplin and TAO Technologies concurrently filed an application for the invention under the PCT or Patent Cooperation Treaty, for international protection in the majority of the world's countries, including all of the major industrialized ones. The technology protected under the patent and to be transferred to Sanswire-TAO for registration in the US, Canada and Mexico distinguishes the Sanswire-TAO's lighter than air (LTA) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) program from all competitors.
"This new concept represents a complete re-thinking of airship design," said Jonathan Leinwand, Chief Executive Officer of GlobeTel Communications, "For years, Dr. Kroplin, inventor of the segmented design, has been challenged with developing a technology superior to previous high-altitude designs ranging from lighter than air blimp shaped airships to heavier than air fixed wing designs, and after nearly 15 years of development and thousands of test flights we have enormous confidence in his revolutionary design."
Leinwand continued, "Many programs have been working on high altitude long endurance platforms to meet the demands of today's world, but no design has been able to successfully remain in the stratosphere for an extended duration. Sanswire and TAO will demonstrate that long endurance stratospheric flight is possible."
Sanswire-TAO intends to file a utility patent for the "Segmented Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Equipped With Energy Medium" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under the guidelines provided by PCT.
About Sanswire-TAO Corp.
Sanswire-TAO exclusively owns and markets all the technology and intellectual property associated with TAO's lighter than air (LTA) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), including the Stratellite(tm) high-altitude airships, the SAS-51 low-altitude airships, the mid-altitude SkySat airship category, and the PADDS Precision Air Drop Delivery System in the US, Canada and Mexico. Sanswire-TAO Corp. is jointly owned by TAO Technologies GmbH and Sanswire Corp., subsidiary of GlobeTel Communications Corp. For more information, visit www.sanswire-tao.com.
About Sanswire Corp. and GlobeTel Communications Corp.
GlobeTel Communications Corp. develops and provides an integrated suite of aerospace communications products and services, leveraging its relationships with leaders in UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technologies. Sanswire Corp. is focused on the design and construction of various aerial vehicles, capable of carrying payloads that provide persistent surveillance and security solutions at various altitudes.
About TAO Technologies GmbH
TAO Technologies GmbH, in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart, led by Professor Dr. Bernd Kroplin is highly regarded throughout the world for research, design, development and flight testing of various designs of aerial vehicles.
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