Hydrofoils Incorporated Information

In response to an unrelenting quest for speed and safety, Hydrofoils Incorporated was formed in Rumson, New Jersey by Ken Cook in 1972 primarily as a research and development company for the design, manufacture and testing of advanced high-speed marine vehicles that would exhibit “built-in” self-stabilizing sea keeping performance while traveling at extreme speeds. This research and unique prototype development has generated a great deal of interest within the industry. In 1974 Ken produced and demonstrated (by invitation) the first hydrofoil to exceed 100 mph for the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineer (SNAME) at the Advanced Ships Conference in San Diego, California. This design is still currently the world’s fastest hydrofoil having exceeded 130 MPH in 1976. His developmental progress has been published in industry journals and periodicals worldwide and Ken is considered the world’s foremost authority on supercavitating hydrofoil design. The company has concentrated on all forms of vehicles using high-speed supercavitating hydrofoils and is currently conducting open-water tests of unmanned, remotely piloted hydrofoils with top, controllable speeds. Some of the tests involve vehicles well over Mach 1. Ken is thoroughly committed to bringing safety, control, and reliability to extremely high performance advanced marine vehicles and provide a stable platform to enjoy the water at any speed. These vehicles truly address and correct the deficiencies found in all other high-speed watercraft. Ken is now a distinguished engineer with a degree in industrial design, and a prominent history of producing high technology products for market using the most advanced systems available. His many years of precision machine tool and capital equipment development and production for companies like Motorola, IBM, Harris, Pratt and Whitney, Bendix, Smith and Wesson, and NASA