LIDAR Detection of Stealth Capable Aircraft and Missiles

Columbus, Ohio, June 21, 2001 -- Catnaz Corporation, one of the nation's fastest-growing Technology Solutions Providers (TSP), released details of research that has been completed as of the 8th day of November of 2000; relating to the uses and adaptability of a Laser Integrated Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) based platform to defeat stealth aircraft with a greater than 90 percent success rate.

Catnaz has shown how to adapt LIDAR technology to other frequencies, and supplant its ability to detect metallic objects. LIDAR is used to detect the scattering effects of smoke, clouds, ground fog, and other atmospheric phenomenon; such as rocket trails. In this usage it is quite adequate. However, Catnaz suggests, and will show that these are the minimal usages of this technology. This is with one critical exception. The detection of wake turbulence or physical presence of a stealth capable aircraft or missile system. In this context, the "nominal" usage of this system to detect and view the atmospheric disturbances is paramount. LIDAR is produced by infrared laser pulses, directed in a horizontal plane. This is to allow the scattering to be measured and the signature of the IR Laser to be detected. The most common practice is to keep the area sampled to as few as 30 seconds of arc. However, in a NASA usage, the actual was 20 degrees in a test of the detection of atmospheric disturbances out to 25 miles.

The benefits of a LIDAR based U.S. Air Traffic Control radar system is the ability to detect an aircraft's position, but by multiple phasing of the detection apparatus, we can determine the meteorological conditions for the aircraft in flight, in time to warn of impending clear air turbulence, and other such flight disruptive effects. In a space environment, LIDAR would allow the space shuttle to detect items less than two millimeters in it's path in time for corrective action to be taken. If a LIDAR system was piggybacked with a microwave pulse emitter, we could cause the unequal heating of an object and this would "boost" the item out of the flight path of the shuttle.

In our context, we used this system to actively detect a B-2 at an Air-show in Dayton, Ohio. This was not the first objective, which was detection of swarming locusts, or other destructive insects. We were able to detect and range insects out to several kilometers.

For a complete copy of the White Paper on LIDAR Detection of Stealth Capable Aircraft and Missiles" Please direct requests to Catnaz Corporation, Aerospace Division, 4700 Reed Road, Suite F3, Columbus, Ohio 43220.

Catnaz Corporation is a privately held company which owns and operates Catnaz Technologies, a development company encompassing B2B and B2C E-commerce solutions, integrated E-business solutions, database-driven web sites, Intranet applications and Internet portals as well as corporate security consulting; Catnaz Broadband, providing high speed internet access ranging from DSL to OC-48; and Catnaz Aerospace, providing aerospace technologies, artificial intelligence, weapons, defense systems, and worldwide logistics.

For more information, please contact:

Charles A. Dyer,
President & CEO
Catnaz Corporation
Telephone: (614) 442-8740
E-mail: cdyer@catnaz.com

Dr. Gregory A. Hensley
Vice President, Catnaz Aerospace
Catnaz Corporation
Telephone: (614) 442-8740
E-Mail: ghensley@catnaz.com