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Military & Aerospace Electronics
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U.S. looks to unmanned blimps to improve missile defense Under management of the Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. government is resurrecting the blimp, which last saw service with the Navy in 1962. Experts will test the High Altitude Airship (HAA) as an unmanned platform for a wide range of sensors for communications, weather/environmental monitoring, short- and long-range missile warning, surveillance, and target acquisition. |
National Defense
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Military Seeing Different Applications, Wider Use of Aerostats and Airships Aerostats and airships are old ideas that are in vogue again in military and homeland security applications. |
Popular Mechanics
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4 New 'Blimp' Designs Bring Return of the Airship The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency recently announced funding for an innovative, ballast-free airship technology. |
Popular Mechanics
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PC Magazine
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Popular Mechanics
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Tech Watch: Radar Goliath Project ISIS (Integrated Sensor Is Structure) provides improved surveillance capabilities of military or commercial aircraft. |
National Defense
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The Motley Fool
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Reason
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Are We Ready for the Next 9/11? The sorry state -- and stunning waste -- of homeland security spending. |
The Motley Fool
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Wireless Goes Sky-High Will "stratellites" be the next big thing or the next big bust? This is a highly speculative wireless broadband idea from a highly speculative, penny-stock company. |
Popular Mechanics
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Are Backyard Hot-Air Blimps the Future of Low-and-Slow Aviation? Its builders hope to one day sell Skyachts as recreational aircraft, but other blimp enthusiasts are not convinced a market exists. |
| Science News |
Science Past From The Issue Of May 23, 1959 It was once conjectured that America's first nuclear-powered aircraft could be a huge blimp. |
