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Airship Triggers UFO Alarm in Sachsen (Germany)

Source: Das Bild/bild.de By: Th. Mehlhorn Home-made Zeppelin flown by an airship enthusiast in the Vogtland region lands on a farmer’s field.

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Surveillance Blimp Will Help Police Border

Source: Valley Morning Star By Dan Santella – The Monitor It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … no, it’s a Border Patrol blimp. Mobile, unmanned, aerial security surveillance has arrived in the Rio Grande Valley.

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Army Lets Air Out of Battlefield Spyship Project

Source: Los Angeles Times By W.J. Hennigan After spending $297 million to develop a craft that could hover over an area as long as three weeks, the Pentagon quietly sold it for $301,000 to its maker.

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Northrop Eyes ‘Really Large’ Unmanned Airships for Freight

Source: Aviationweek.com By Bill Sweetman Northrop Grumman is looking at the potential of “really large” unmanned airships for commercial freight transport, Tom Vice, president of the company’s Aerospace Systems segment, said in Washington Aug. 20.

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Twin-Hull in the Troposphere – EADS’s Arctic Airship

Source:AviationWeek.com – Ares, a Defense Technology Blog By:  Graham Warwick Twin rigid hulls, hybrid aerostatic/aerodynamic lift, variable buoyancy control, 40-day unmanned endurance – meet the Tropospheric Airship concept from EADS Innovation Works, the European giant’s research and technology arm.

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