Vango is a manufacturer of recommended kit items for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and the Scout Association, and provides 10-man tents for international disaster relief charity ShelterBox. In 2014 Vango broadened the use of the AirBeam technology to encompass awnings, which they call AirAwnings. In 2011 Vango entered the inflatable tent market. With their AirBeam concept, which used inflatable tubes instead of poles. So large family tents could be easily pitched by one person in a matter of minutes. A large five berth tent like the Vango Genesis 500 tent requires six minutes to pitch.