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Not long after the launch of Huntmaster, says Strange, "We started seeing applications in the security market."The company teamed up with a security expert and in 1996 developed a prototype of the Sky Watch.When the prototype hit the trade shows, says Strange, they knew they had found a niche and began manufacturing the new units at the facility in Ellaville.Soon afterward, Sky Watch piqued the interest of the U.S. Border Patrol and the military, and in 1998 New Heights began selling the units to the U.S. government.The product continues to evolve as Strange and his associates learn new markets.
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"Quick Start got our personnel up to speed in no time," says Strange.
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"The units in Iraq give perimeter security," says Strange."They are used for force protection because you can see a threat miles away before it ever approaches the troops."
QSFollowing the success of Sky Watch, New Heights is in the process of developing additional security and surveillance devices that serve as "force multipliers," tools that allow a small number of personnel to pack a bigger punch, defending America on the front lines of the war against terror.
Top, from left: Dick Cate, New Heights plant manager; Jackie Rohosky, DTAE assistant commissioner; Keith Miller, New Heights research and development; and Adam Strange, New Heights president and CEO, tour the Ellaville facility.