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Can Giant Airships Accelerate to Orbit (JP Aerospace’s Idea)?

Source: Science 2.0 – science20.com By Robert Walker    May 3rd 2017 Bottom of Form JP Aerospace is an interesting company – in the city of Rancho Cordova, CA., California.. Their aim is to develop ways to send airships up into … Continue reading

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Gas Explorer Teams Up with Lockheed Martin on Helium-filled Airships

Source: The Telegraph – telegraph.co.uk By: Jon Yeomans Giant helium-fueled airships could soon be plying the skies – and a Tanzania-based gas explorer hopes to be joining them for the ride.

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Solar Ship Challenges Lockheed to Airship Race

Source: Flight Global – flightglobal.com By Beth Stevenson Solar Ship has challenged Lockheed Martin to an intercontinental race, to pitch the two companies’ airship designs against each other and promote the benefits of using lighter-than-air technology for cargo transport.

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Lockheed’s Hybrid Airship Gets Launch Customer in Canada

Source: Fortune – fortune.com They can move 20 tons of cargo and land on nearly any flat surface—including sand, snow and water. The operator of Lockheed Martin’s blimp-like hybrid airships on Wednesday announced its first customer, a Canadian mining company … Continue reading

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Straightline Aviation and RAD-AID Sign Agreement to Launch Medical Hybrid Airship Program for Humanitarian Aid

Source: PR Newswire – prnewswire.com Straightline Aviation today signed a memorandum of understanding with RAD-AID to launch a humanitarian and philanthropic medical assistance program using Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Airship, uniting aircraft innovation with health technology for a new approach to … Continue reading

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