Secure and move shipborne helicopters using aircraft- and vessel-specific handling systems. ASIST combines pilot-controlled free-deck landing, position-sensing cues, automatic probe capture and single-operator traversing to the hangar, with a typical published capture area of 4–6 square metres.
Technical detail
Core features
Helicopter position sensing and visual landing cues
Automatic probe capture after touchdown
Single-operator deck-track traversing
Typical ASIST capture area of 4–6 square metres
ASIST
Naval aviation
Helicopter handling
Deck integration
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Shipborne helicopter recovery support
Flight-deck securing and hangar movement
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Established marketed aircraft-handling systems; installation compatibility and acceptance are vessel-specific.
Commercial availability
Programme-specific engineering and procurement through INDAL.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
The publicly described Naval aircraft handling systems offering may be relevant to monitoring or remote-operation use cases; this is a derived mapping for reviewer assessment.
This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.
Original sources 3 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · core features
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · summary
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · name
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · capability type
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · maturity
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · core features
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · core features
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ASIST supports pilot-controlled free-deck helicopter landing with position sensing and visual cues, automatic probe capture by a moving rapid-securing device, and single-operator traversal to the hangar. The typical stated capture area is 4–6 square metres.
The official capability material supports the named Naval aircraft handling systems offering and the bounded operational description prepared for reviewer consideration.
