ASSIST-U.S.®, a New Aerial Surveillance Company, Was Prepared to Respond as Hurricane Earl Moved North

CONCORD, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new Concord, NH, company – ASSIST-U.S.^® (Aerial Surveillance, Security & Intelligence Systems Technologies-U.S., LLC) – recently opened its headquarters at the Concord Municipal Airport (87 Airport Road, Suite 5).

“Our full motion video imagery can be provided in near real-time to emergency operations centers to support industry, state and local government emergency directors and their teams with actionable information that can help them direct their resources to the most critical areas quickly as the recovery phase begins.”

According to CEO, Gerry Kobelski, “We provide specialized imagery, analysis and security information for a wide range of applications from our offices and hangar at the Concord, NH, municipal airport. Our services are unique and something not previously available in New England. When called upon, we can react very quickly and provide real-time damage assessments of areas that might not be accessible to ground-based inspection and recovery crews.” He continued, “Our full motion video imagery can be provided in near real-time to emergency operations centers to support industry, state and local government emergency directors and their teams with actionable information that can help them direct their resources to the most critical areas quickly as the recovery phase begins.”

David Trahan, Director of Sales and Marketing, reports that local utility companies had inquired last week about ASSIST-U.S.^® services in case Hurricane Earl had come in full force and damaged their power transmission lines. Rick Bartle, Director of Aviation Operations, says that ASSIST-U.S. ^® aircraft and crews are ready to assist in the damage assessment and recovery process for any future damaging storms or natural disasters.

ASSIST-U.S.^® capabilities support the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) requirements of private industry and supplement all levels of government involved in homeland defense and security. Using these services, its clients are able to improve their ability to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism and natural disasters. The company can also perform atmospheric and environmental monitoring, data collection and analysis for public and private research organizations.

For more information and to read about the company’s menu of client-driven services, visit the company website (www.assist-us.com).