GAO identified 15 key aerostat and airship efforts that were underway or had been initiated since 2007, and the Department of Defense (DOD) had or has primary responsibility for all of these efforts.

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London-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) expects to begin construction early next year of an airship capable of lifting 50t, with first flight scheduled for the second half of 2013. But although the ...

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A fierce global competition for the stratosphere has ignited following China's recent success in launching an airship into this atmospheric layer. The stratosphere, the space between 12 to 50 km in ...

Airship builders say the development of lighter, stronger materials will allow them to deliver on a century-old ambition of making craft capable of winning business from freight operators such as ...