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Pentagon Seeks Blimps That Can Detect Threats for Saudi Arabia

Posted on May 6, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

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.

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Boeing Patents Drones That Never Need to Land

Posted on June 6, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Discover- discovermagazine.com By Carl Engelking Limited flight times are such a drag — and Boeing seems to agree. The company just received a patent for its design for a drone that can remain airborne in perpetuity.

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Lockheed Martin Extends Aerostat Mission By Providing Airborne Surveillance For U.S. Border Protection

Posted on October 28, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Lockheed Martin – lockheedmartin.com Working with the Army, Lockheed Martin is providing operational support for a Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) aerostat system that is being evaluated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) … Continue reading →

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Blimp-in-a-Box Goes to Work

Posted on October 28, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Read two articles of new applications for this product. Ohio buys ‘blimp in a box’ for surveillance ‘Blimp in a Box’ Deployed in Search for Cop-Killer Suspect in Pennsylvania What is a ‘Blimp-in-a-Box’?

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