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Zeppelin to Get Radar for Airship Ventures Special Mission Group

Source: everythinglongbeach.com Airborne radar – like what will be featured on the Zeppelin Eureka – promises immediate benefits for marine-based science, technology and defense organizations.

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MZ-3A Airship Gets Reprieve

Source: Navy Lakehurst Historical Society With funding literally almost gone, the Navy’s MZ-3A airship left Florida in late February. Destination…  Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to be deflated and put into “mothballs”. The airship arrived at Lakehurst on the afternoon of Monday, February … Continue reading

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Robot Balloon Cranes Could Revolutionize World’s Seaports

Source: Innovation News Daily Jeremy Hsu, Senior Writer, Innovation News Daily Every U.S. good sold overseas or iPad shipped from China makes one of 500 million journeys aboard ship containers crossing the world’s oceans each year — a journey that … Continue reading

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Border Patrol tests blimp-mounted surveillance system in Nogales AZ

Source: Nogales International By Manuel C. Coppola – Nogales International That Beluga whale you may have seen in the western Nogales sky on Monday is actually a tethered blimp being tested by the Border Patrol.

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Air Force Set to Shoot Down Its Own Giant Spy Blimp

Source: Wired.com By Noah Shachtman After spending more than $140 million, the Air Force is poised to pull the plug on its ambitious project to send a king-sized, all-seeing spy blimp to Afghanistan.

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