Aerostar International, Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of aerospace platforms, persistent surveillance lighter-than-air vehicles and specialty sewn products. Aerostar’s engineering expertise continues to revolutionize the areas of tethered aerostats, high altitude balloons and airships, protective wear, parachutes, custom military decoys and marine navigation equipment.

With over 50 years of lighter than air experience and technology, Aerostar manufactures aerostats providing unmatched performance, rapid deployment and turnkey Persistent Surveillance Solutions for a multitude of needs. Tethered aerostats offer value driven, stable aerial platforms for beyond-line-of-sight communication, intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance payloads. A family of standard aerostat systems and our ability and willingness for customization enables us to meet our customer’s mission requirements—however challenging. Proprietary, lightweight fabrics increase user payload capacities while maintaining or actually decreasing the aerostat size. These tethered aerostat systems can be tailored to meet any challenging operational environment.

In 2010, Aerostar International, Inc. was awarded the 2010 Department of Defense Rapid Fielding Award for its outstanding service, unwavering commitment and tireless dedication as a supplier of vital tethered aerostats, currently being used for force protection under Operation Enduring Freedom.

Aerostar is also a world leader in the design and fabrication of Aerospace Products, including high altitude balloons and high altitude airships for near space applications. These aerospace products are used for missions requiring altitudes higher than an aircraft can fly and lower than a satellite’s orbit.  Rapid deployment of these platforms allows for near immediate area-of-operations surveillance and communications.

Aerostar’s Aerospace Products are built to exact standards for customers such as NASA, the U.S. Air Force and JPL. They are used for, but are not limited to, communications, data relay, surveillance and intelligence. Our high altitude research balloons can carry payloads from a few pounds to 6000 pounds and can reach altitudes up to 45 kilometers capable of sustaining altitude for several months.

As a world leader in the design and manufacture of specialty sewn products, Aerostar manufactures anti-exposure garments for protection against hypothermia, jet fuels, CBNR and environmental contaminants. The OTS dry suit, in particular, was developed to protect against cold shock and hypothermia in the event of cold water immersion. The suit is designed to be worn underneath standard flight clothing and has built in thermal protection. Manufactured of Gore-Tex® fabrics, the OTS is lightweight and breathable.

Aerostar International also manufactures reliable, high-performance marine navigation aid systems. Counted on by pilots throughout the United States, our systems allow pilots in most harbors to safely navigate ships in and out of port.

Aerostar International, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raven Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAVN), and is an independently operated division. For more information, visit www.aerostar.com.

Aerostar International, Inc.

1814 F Avenue

Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Phone: 605-331-3500

Fax: 605-331-3520

www.ravenaerostar.com

AEROsales@ravenind.com

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