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00 Virtual Museum
- Dr. & Mrs. A. Dale Topping L-T-A Museum Virtual Museum of the Lighter-Tan-Air Society’s Collection
01 Other Museums and Exhibits
- MAPS Air Museum – North Canton, Ohio MAPS Air Museum – Including the Control Car from the Goodyear blimp Spirit of Akron
- Summit Memory View The Lighter Than Air Society’s collection on Summit Memory
03 Associations
- Naval Airship Assn. Home of the Naval Airship Association
- Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Association
Tag Archives: raytheon
Pentagon Seeks Blimps That Can Detect Threats for Saudi Arabia
Source: Bloomberg Government – bgov.com By Cameron Leuthy The Pentagon is seeking vendors that can supply Saudi Arabia with moored blimps, fifteen months after the U.S. State Department approved a possible $525 million Foreign Military Sale to the country.
Posted in Aerostats, Airships, Blimps
Tagged aerostat, blimp, JLENS, Lockheed Martin, raytheon, surveillance blimp, TCOMM LP, Tethered blimp
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Giant Surveillance Blimp Untethers And Drifts Over Pennsylvania
Source: NPR – npr.org By Eyder Peralta A giant surveillance “blimp” that had been tethered to a mooring at an Army installation in Maryland is now loose and drifting over Pennsylvania.
Raytheon Applies for “Airship Docking Station” Patent
John G. Benkert and Frank A Birdsong have applied for, and assigned to Raytheon, a patent for an “Airship Docking Station”. In light of the difficulty and high risk to equipment and personnel that docking an airship in turbulent weather … Continue reading
Raytheon Tests System Using Blimps, to Enhance Radar for F-15 Fighter Pilots Using Air-to-Air Missiles
Source: International Business Times By David Kashi Floating 10,000 feet (3.048 m) in the air, a 240-foot (73 m) blimp can detect, track and target a variety of threats in a system developed by Raytheon Co., the Massachusetts-based defense and … Continue reading
Posted in Aerostats, Airships, New technology, News
Tagged aerostat, blimp, raytheon, surveillance blimp
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JLENS, the Military Surveillance Airship, Is Ready for Action
Source: Popular Mechanics By Darren Orf Surveillance aerostat JLENS complete its training program and could enter active service within a year.