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NASA competition could net you $1.5M

Source: Network World – networkworld.com NASA exploring Centennial Challenge for airship concepts By Michael Cooney NASA this week said it was considering a new Centennial Challenge: Build and airship capable of long duration flight for scientific missions.

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Airlander 10: World’s ‘Largest’ Aircraft Readies for Takeoff

Source: CNN – cnn.com It’s hard to imagine keeping secrets about an aircraft so spectacularly huge that the Guinness Book of Records is believed to be just days away from rubber-stamping its entry. But until the vast new Airlander 10 … Continue reading

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Goodyear’s newest airship holds first flight

Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com By Jim Mackinnon After months of blimp-free skies, there’s a new Goodyear airship flying over the Akron area.

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Lockheed Martin Offers a Peek at Its Blimp-like Hybrid Airship

Source: Los Angeles Tines –latimes.com By Samantha Masunaga The secretive Skunk Works in Palmdale has over the years spawned such sleek aircraft as the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter. Today, one of the facility’s hangars … Continue reading

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Back to Blimps? Lockheed Martin Will Show Off Its Hybrid Airship

Source: Los Angeles Tines –latimes.com By Samantha Masunaga Lockheed Martin Corp. will give the media a first look at its Hybrid Airship prototype at the defense giant’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale on Wednesday.

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