CONCEPT DEFINITION OPERATION PHASES POSSIBLE USES OF THE CONCEPT

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3 INTRODUCTION CONCEPT DEFINITION OPERATION PHASES POSSIBLE USES OF THE CONCEPT FOREST FIRES PRECEDENTS AGC - AUTONOMOUS GLIDER CONTAINER LAUNCHER AIRCRAFT OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES ECONOMICAL ADVANTAGES CONCLUSIONS

4 NITROFIREX, is a new approach in the world of the Aerial Vehicles, which aims to develop the capacity of spraying or spreading a large payload in a hostile, difficult or impossible to access environment.

5 NITROFIREX s the main elements to be used are: LAUNCHER AIRCRAFT or LA a heavy transport aircraft with a rear ramp AUTONOMOUS GLIDING CONTAINERS or AGCs these carry the payload from the LA to the the programed release point

6 1.- LAUNCH Initial phase of the operation in of which the AGCs are mechanically launched from the L.A.

7 2.- GLIDE and GUIDANCE The AGCs containing the payload glide to their target and are equipped with a guidance system which makes it fully autonomous from the launch to the targeted release point.

8 3.- DROP Reaching their targeted release point the AGCs drop their content automatically and with great precision.

9 4.- ESCAPE MANEUVER Then the AGCs rapidly escape from the hostile zone taking advantage of the amount of height gained due to the big and sudden loss of weight. This maneuver is used as a transition into the following phase of recovery.

10 5.- RECOVERY and LANDING Once empty and removed of the hostile zone, the AGCs begin their recovery phase by means of their engine, recovering and landing in the base of operation of the L.A. in a completely autonomous way.

11 FORESTFIRE FIGHTING AT NIGHT OTHER FIRES NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL or BIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA DRUG PLANTATION SPRAYING PESTS SPRAYING or SEEDING (Remote and / or inaccessible areas)

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13 Current airborne firefighters are: Slow Manual water drops Daytime operation Single role aircraft Risky operations TECHNOLOGICAL PARADOX: DETECTION TIME vs. REACTION TIME

14 Economic loss over the last 20 years ( ) mill (366 mill /year) Average affected surface last 20 years ( ) ha/year Average annual fires last 20 years ( ) fires/year Nº of fires years 05 to / / / / / / / Number fires with use of aircraft 07 / 08 / 09 / / 2.702/ / Total number of aircraft used in (94 PLANES / 181 HEL) DATA FROM REPORT LOS INCENDIOS FORESTALES EN ESPAÑA. AÑO 2005", Pgs (M.M.A.) DATA FROM REPORT INCENDIOS FORESTALES EN ESPAÑA. AÑO 2006, Pg 102 (M.A.R.M.) DATA FROM REPORT INCENDIOS FORESTALES EN ESPAÑA. AÑO 2007, Pg 11 /108 (M.A.R.M.) DATA FROM REPORT INCENDIOS FORESTALES EN ESPAÑA. AÑO 2008, Pg 6 / 45 (M.A.R.M.) DATA FROM REPORT INCENDIOS FORESTALES EN ESPAÑA. AÑO 2009, Pg 10 /41 (M.A.R.M) DATA FROM REPORT INCENDIOS FORESTALES EN ESPAÑA. AÑO Pg 7 / 79 (M.A.R.M) DATA FROM REPORT INCENDIOS FORESTALES EN ESPAÑA. AÑO Pg 35 (M.A.G.R.A.M.A.) DATA FROM REPORT LOS INCENDIOS FORESTALES EN ESPAÑA. AÑO 1.EN - 31 DIC 2012 (AVANCE INFORMATIVO) Pgs 47 (M.A.G.R.A.M.A.) 4/12/2013

15 COUNTRY PERIOD (YEARS) AVERAGE YEARLY BURNT AREA (HECTARES) EUROPE (PORTUGAL-SPAIN-FRANCE-ITALY- GRECE) RUSSIAN FEDERATION USA CANADA AUSTRALIA TOTAL: AUSTRALIA, 40.6 LESS THAN 20% OF THE WHOLE WORLD CANADA, 21.3 EUROPE, 4,9 USA, 17.2 RUSIA FEDERATION, 16.0

16 ECONOMIC LOSS AIRCRAFT 1,8 % M 1,8 %.275 ACFT 100 % M 100 % ACFT M 4500 ACFT (1500 FW 3000 HEL) AUSTRALIA, 40.6 CANADA, 21.3 USA, 17.2 EUROPE, 4,9 (SPAIN 37,1 / 1,8) RUSIA FEDERATION, 16.0

17 DROMADER : L NITROFIREX: ± 250 L AIR TRACTOR: L CANADAIR CL-215: L 1,25 M 5.0 M AGCs TOTAL WEIGHT : kg ( +/-250 kg) AGCs EMPTY WEIGHT : 500 KG (~20 % TOTAL WEIGHT) AGCs PAY LOAD : (+/- 250) LITROS (48-58 % total volume / % AGCs volume) AGCs DIMENSIONS (meter): 5,00 LENGTH, 1,25 HIGH, 0,75 WIDTH AGCs VOLUME: 3,75 M³ (80 % total volume) TOTAL VOLUME NECESSARY : 4,6875 M³ 0,75 M

18 AIRCRAFT PAYLOAD USEFUL WATER NUMBER OF TYPE (T.M.) LITERS AGCs C-130 (WT) 19,4-28, / 8 AN A-400M IL-76 (T / MD / TD / MF) 40 /47/50/ / 20 C-17 77,

19 24H OPERATION REDUCED REACTION TIMES HIGHER WATER DROP CAPABILITY PER OPERATION HOUR AS COMPARED TO CURRENT MEANS MAXIMUM WATER DROP EFFICIENCY DUE TO SEQUENTIAL DEPLOYMENT OF THE AGCs MAXIMUM PRECISION OF THE WATER DROP MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF EXTINGUISHING AGENT AT RELEASE POINT UNAFFECTED BY WIND, TURBULENCE, CLOUDS AND SMOKE UNAFFECTED BY GEOGRAPHICAL BARRIERS POSSIBILITY OF ATTENDING MORE THAN ONE FIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY BIG DISPLACEMENT CAPACITY: HEAVY TRANSPORT L.A. PROVIDE THE LONG RANGE AND HIGH SPEED NO RISK FOR FLIGHT CREWS GIVES DIRECT SUPPORT TO GROUND CREWS

20 WATER DROPPED IN LITRES OPERATION LOGISTICS LITERS PER OPERATION HOUR DEPENDING ON DISTANCE TO THE FIRE TAXI IN + TAKE OFF + ACELERATION + FLIGHT IN + INTO POSITION + DROPS + DESCEND + FLIGHT BACK + LANDING + TAXI BACK + A.G.C. RELOAD DISTANCE IN N.M. DISTANCE (N.M.) CL-215 (3H:1M) AN-12 C-130 C-130 W.T. A-400 IL-76-T IL-76-MF C-17

21 MUCH HIGHER WATER DROP CAPABILITY PER FLIGHT HOUR AS COMPARED TO CURRENT MEANS LOWER COST PER DROPPED LITER AGCs CAN BE LAUNCHED FROM MANY KINDS OF TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT MINIMUM FLEET DEPLOYMENT NON EXCLUSIVE L.A. - ONE AIRCRAFT TWO MISSIONS BIG SAVINGS IN AMORTIZATIONS, PERSONNEL, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLIES. GREAT AVAILABILITY OF HEAVY TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WORLDWIDE TO BE USED AS L.A. L.A. REQUIRE NO MODIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES USED ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND AVAILABLE

22 OPERATION LOGISTICS COST OF DROPPED LITER DEPENDING ON DISTANCE TO THE FIRE REUROS PER DROPPED LITRE E U R O S B Y D R O P P E D L I T E DISTANCE IN N.M.

23 MARSEILLE DEPLOYMENT BASE 800 N.M. PROP 2:22 J E T - 2: N. M. PROP 0:44 JET 0:: N. M. PROP 1:20 JET 1: N. M. PROP 1:49 JET 1:36

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27 DISTANCE TO THE FIRE : 120 KM. (65 N.M.) // A.G.C. WEIGHT: 500 KG SPAIN AVERAGE OPERATION DROPS BY CL FLEET: DROPS/YEAR (average: Liters /Drop) NITROFIREX EQUIVALENT AIR DROPS (A-400M): DROPS/YEAR (NITROFIREX: Liters) ESTIMATED AGC NEEDS FOR SPAIN : 100 UNITS This means that 4 A-400 FLYING 650 H (AT NIGHT) are equivalent to 22 CL FLYING H (AT DAY) (66,2 % flight time saved) SEE NITROFIREX FILE: MEDIA 2011 TIEMPO Copyright DESCARGA All rights AVIONES reserved CL MAR-10 (HOJA.: COMPARATIVA CL-A400)

28 FOREST FIREFIGHTING AT NIGHT: TO BE A COMPLEMENT OF DAYTIME AERIAL MEANS NON STOP FIGHTING / H-24 BETTER REGULATORY OPTIONS RECOVERY 1000 FROM FOREST FIRE TO L.A. Ops BASE NON POPULATED AREAS EMERGENCY SAFETY PARACHUTE & AIRBAG Concept well suited for BLOS operations at EUROCAE WG 93 NITROFIREX is currently leading WP1 (VLOS) at EUROCAE WG 93

29 .- THE CONCEPT HAS A WORLDWIDE PATENT.- TECHNICAL VIABILITY STUDY.- OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY STUDY.- BUSSINESS PLAN.- CURRENTLY SELECTING A FIRST TIER INDUSTRIAL AS A PARTNER

30 CHANGE OF PHILOSOPHY ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM APPROACH A NEW STRATEGY: NIGHT OPERATION BIGGER DROPPING CAPACITY REACTION TIME REDUCTION SIGNIFICANT COST REDUCCTION FACE THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE

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