Vita Inclinata was set up in 2015 by founder Caleb Carr to create a solution for helicopters that senses the environment and immediately adjusts to stabilise swing and spin.

This came about after an incident in 2009 where, as a high school search and rescue volunteer, Carr was on a routine training mission when his friend Don went into cardiac arrest next to him. A helicopter arrived to transport Don to the hospital, but couldn’t place its rescue litter because of gusty winds, rotorwash and the mountainous terrain.

Carr could only watch as the crew tried multiple times to lower the hoist system as it continued to swing futilely below the hovering helicopter. Eventually, the helicopter turned back without his friend, who would die on the mountain. He was later told that many lives are lost every year in similar conditions.

Vita's self-powered, modular system combines hardware with proprietary software, which it says analyses external and environmental forces 100 times per second and dynamically adjusts to stop chaotic motion in seconds. No matter the weather or terrain. Vita’s systems have been approved by the US Army for helicopters and are now being tested by major construction and engineering companies for cranes.

Vita’s technology instantly and autonomously stops chaotic swing and spin, and adds precision for rotor wing and fixed wing aircraft and cranes. The products are built to military specifications and tested to ensure no EMF interference.

It has secured additional funding as Endeavour is providing non-dilutive financing of approximately $10 million capital for contract capture and expansion purposes. Endeavour is recognised by the U.S. Department of Defense as a Trusted Capital Provider of non-dilutive finance to companies in the U.S. national security and space industries.

“We believe our relationship with Endeavour will help us to expand our operations and move quickly within a dynamic supply chain environment,” says Carr. “This agreement will ultimately help us bring a life-saving product to market more quickly, making our customers' operations safer.”

“As a Department of Defense Trusted Capital Provider, we specialise in allocating unique financial services and, given Vita's incredible growth and inroads into the U.S. federal government, we are well-aligned,” adds Chris Lay, CEO of Endeavour. “Vita wants to expand and can now easily do so by leveraging our working capital facility while avoiding taking any further equity dilution of its shareholder base.”