Flying relatively cheap unmanned airships over one area for months to years at a time has been called the “Holy Grail” of both commercial and military markets. Any company that develops the intellectual property and operational capability to deliver such performance will profit in a very big way. Well, the persistent future is here – technologies exist to prototype initial defense and commercial lighter-than-air capabilities with fixed-wing unmanned airships coming soon.
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November 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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1 Ed // Nov 19, 2008 at 9:59 am
The information in the blue box is incorrect. The missile defense agency dropped their support. Guess you can’t believe everything on Wiki. But, the Army’s Space and Missile Defense command is paying for a Lockheed airship to fly next September.
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