Word: helio
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MITRE, Sanders Associates, and Helio Aircraft are located right out in Bedford. Sanders makes both "defensive" and offensive radar to keep us on the offensive in Indochina. "Sanders continues as a leading supplier in (the) field (of electronic warfare systems) where, almost uniquely, advanced technology provides the margin of defense supremacy...," the company's Annual Report for 1971 is proud...
...Helio produces an STOL--short take-off and landing plane--which can take off in an area smaller than a baseball diamond. It was developed in the early 50's by a B-School professor. Lynn Bollinger, who founded the company along with the head of MIT's Aeronautics Labs. They sold their first model to the CIA for use in the secret war in Laos. It proved very helpful in reaching the otherwise inaccessible mountain hideouts of the Meo tribesmen. Now they produce STOL's for the Air Force for use in psychological warfare (equipped with speakers to broadcast...