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  Northrop to Build LEMV Surveillance Airship

  Posted by Graham Warwick 9:10 PM on Jun 14, 2010

  The US Army has confirmed Northrop Grumman will develop the Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) technology demonstrator, awarding the company a five-year, $517 million... Read More >>

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  Afghan ISR Airship a Step Closer

  Posted by Graham Warwick 10:56 PM on Feb 15, 2010

  The request for proposals for the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence (LEMV) airship demonstrator is out, calling for three weeks' endurance - unmanned - carrying a 2,500lb payload a... Read More >>

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  PICTURE: Lockheed Martin's Other Airship

  Posted by Graham Warwick 5:05 PM on Sep 23, 2009

  Researching the Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) program for an earlier blog led me to wonder what had become of another surveillance airship, Lockheed Martin'... Read More >>

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  Hybrid Airship for Afghan ISR Takes Shape

  Posted by Graham Warwick 4:54 PM on Sep 21, 2009

  The plan to deploy an autonomous, free-flying, surveillance airship to Afghanistan is gaining, er, buoyancy. A consortium led by the US Army's Space & Missile Defense... Read More >>

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  Staying Up, Staring Down - LEMV Airship

  Posted by Graham Warwick 1:00 PM on Jun 08, 2009

  A lot more detail on the US Army's plans to test an unmanned hybrid airship for persistent surveillance has emerged in an updated solicitation for the Long Endurance Multi-INT... Read More >>

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  VIDEO: An Airship for the Airshow Circuit?

  Posted by Graham Warwick 5:11 PM on May 11, 2009

  In my drive to bring you all the news in unmanned aviation, interesting or otherwise, I feel compelled to present this video. Although the tendency is to titter, this latest v... Read More >>

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  Skunk Works to Build Radar Airship for DARPA

  Posted by Graham Warwick 9:42 PM on Apr 27, 2009

  Who thought it would get this far? Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has won a $100 million DARPA/USAF contract to demonstrate a massive radar integrated into the structure of a unmann... Read More >>

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  Hybrid Airship for Afghanistan ISR?

  Posted by Graham Warwick 5:17 PM on Apr 24, 2009

  An unmanned airship could be conducting weeks-long persistent ISR missions over Afghanistan within 18 months, if the US Army gets any takers for its latest sources sought notice. S... Read More >>

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  The Airship that Wiggles Beats the Wind

  Posted by Graham Warwick 8:00 PM on Dec 11, 2008

  Airships are attracting a lot of interest for persistent surveillance because of their ability to stay aloft at high altitudes for long periods - weeks, months, maybe even yea... Read More >>

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  Balloonist Lindstrand Flies BAE's Unmanned Blimp

  Posted by Graham Warwick 3:03 PM on Oct 24, 2008

  The UK's Lancashire Evening Post is reporting that BAE Systems' GA22 unmanned airship has made its first flight inside the hangar of the blimp's developer, Per Lindstrand's ballon ... Read More >>

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