A helicopter hauldown and rapid securing device or beartrap enables the landing and handling of helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles aboard small ships in poor weather.
A Sea King helicopter landing on HMCS Assiniboine (DDH 234); the beartrap is the small rectangle on the flight deck.
Recover assist landing of a SH-60B helicopter with a RAST system
The Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse system is a shipboard helicopter landing system developed by Canadian company Indal Technologies. ASIST completed sea trials by July 31, 1992, and prod
Beartrap (hauldown device)
…TRIGON Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse, a later Indal helicopter recovery system Canadian innovation on display: The "Beartrap" - via skiesmag.com…
An RSAF Super Puma takes off from the flight deck of the RSS Resolution – an Endurance class LST. Visible in the foreground is the Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse (ASIST) system.