Atlas Hovercrafts
ATLAS Hovercraft, Inc. is an American owned, Florida based, corporation engaged in the design and manufacturing of air cushion vehicles more commonly known as hovercraft. Kurt H. Peterson is the president and senior hovercraft design engineer. Mr. Peterson has professional and personal history in the aviation and marine industries. In addition, he is a seasoned professional who gained a great deal of experience working for major corporations in the technology and transportation fields. His experience, talents, and technology are the foundation blocks that built ATLAS Hovercraft and his vision of the future guides the company to new horizons.
ATLAS Hovercraft, Inc. is positioned to become the largest hovercraft design and manufacturing company in the world. The air cushion vessels designed by Kurt H. Peterson possess advanced features that overcome many of prior hovercraft shortcomings such as low maneuverability, high maintenance costs and high noise. A hovercraft has the unique ability to travel over land or water on a bubble of air. The basic scientific principles and concepts that make a hovercraft work are over 100 years old. The technology to make hovercraft viable for military and commercial applications, however, did not exist until the mid 1950's. Since the 1960's, hovercraft have been built worldwide for military, commercial passenger service, and recreation purposes.