Airships
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Satellites may be very useful for communications, navigation and other applications, but they're expensive to build and launch. That's why Thales Alenia Space is developing the StratoBus, an airship that can be launched like a regular blimp, but that will be able to hover in the stratosphere.
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On Friday, Goodyear unveiled its new state-of-the-art blimp at its Wingfoot Lake hangar in Suffield, Ohio. Built in partnership with the Zeppelin company, the new craft that replaces the 45-year old GZ-20 blimp fleet is not only larger and faster, it isn’t even a blimp, but a semi-rigid airship.
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California-based Aeros Corporation has received FAA Airworthiness certification to begin flight testing of a new type of rigid airship called an Aeroscraft. New photographs show the giant airship outside flying under its own power, but connected by tethers to the ground.
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The iconic Goodyear blimps that are a common sight in the skies over stadiums at sporting events in the US are set to become iconic Goodyear zeppelins. The company says its new airships will be longer, faster and more maneuverable than the current fleet, while being less expensive to operate.
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A company in Nevada has announced a new series of unmanned airships that propose to provide persistent surveillance for days at a time
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Nanoblimp, billed as “the world’s smallest RC blimp,” uses a plain ol’ party-variety helium balloon as its gas envelope.
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The US Army has canceled the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) program.
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Gizmag speaks with Igor Pasternak, founder and CEO of the Aeros Corporation.
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A research project is being planned, in which a state-of-the-art remote-control airship will be used to hunt for Bigfoot.
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Northrop Grumman’s Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) is scheduled to make its first flight next month.
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A new record has been set for the highest airship flight, with JP Aerospace's Tandem twin-balloon airship reaching an altitude of 95,085 feet (28,982 meters).
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The Solar Ship is a helium-filled, heavier-than-air aircraft that relies on aerodynamics to provide energy and minimize its carbon footprint.
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