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Not a journalist I place a lot of credence with so take with pinch of salt: Satellite photos reveal colossal airship hangar in Chinese desert Keen to know if other sources on this.

I went deep down the rabbit hole today and stumbled into these two Aerostat vids from sometime in the 90s. First one up is the classic JLENS missile defense role for both cruise and ballistic missiles in conjunction with Patriot, THAAD, etc The second one I found more interesting as it was a...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/26/google-sergey-brin-building-largest-aircraft

Try as I might, I can find very few inventors, enthusiasts, engineers who were experimenting with light-than-air flight in America. Solomon Andrews seems to be the only name I can find. Did American have enough interest to develop airships in this nation, or were we more focused of the...

"Paris Air Show 2015: Lockheed Martin unveils new heavy-lift hybrid airship" Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly 17 June 2015 Source: http://www.janes.com/article/52319/paris-air-show-2015-lockheed-martin-unveils-new-heavy-lift-hybrid-airship

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28674654

Hi, The idea of a supersonic lighter than air aircraft or aerostat came to me years ago, since it was something never done or even thought before, at least that's according to what i know. the first design was quite similar to lifting bodies and was manned, after a while i reshaped it to what...

At some point during the late 1960s, the Goodyear company studied the possibility of a new giant rectangular transport airship category which they called "Dynastat". Source: AERIAL VERY HEAVY LIFT CONCEPTS FOR THE 1990 ARMY VOLUME III - ACADEMIC & INDUSTRIAL PRESENTATIONS (U.S. Army, November...

Airship Industries (UK) Ltd teamed up with Westinghouse Electric Corporation to develop the civilian SkyShip 5000 and the United States Navy YEZ-2A Sentinel 5000 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) airship in the mid-1980s. In 1990, Airship Industries collapsed and the company became Westinghouse...

Dear All I know this isn't really a Secret Projects type of question, but are there any French or Italian folks out there who are interested in, or who have friends and colleagues who are interested in history of airships? I am trying to find out more about the Zeppelins which were given to...

When was the technology available for the introduction of SkyCats should a demand for their capability arise earlier?