| ID | 130115 |
| Title Proper | Airships |
| Other Title Information | cargo delivery and a persistent view of the battlefield |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Merklinghaus, Dennis-P |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Since the Civil War, when Union Soldiers utilised hot air balloons to serve as a surveillance platform, lighter than air technology has been a part of the military's inventory. As US forces began a troop surge in Afghanistan while maintaining security in Iraq the need to provide soldiers with a persistent view of the battlefield was paramount.
The primary goal of Millennium Airship is to design, engineer, build, market and operate the world's first Heavy-Lift Air Vehicle that is lighter-than-air, all-weather, amphibious semi-rigid, multi-mission, hybrid. The key feature of this aircraft will be in that it is so manoeuvrable that it can operate in and out of virtually anywhere (land or sea) where there is enough space to accommodate its size. |
| `In' analytical Note | Military Technology Vol.37, No.10: October 2013: p.48-51 |
| Journal Source | Military Technology Vol.37, No.10: October 2013: p.48-51 |
| Key Words | Aerostar Persistent Surveillance Systems - APSS ; Long Endurance Multi Intelligence Vehicle - LEMIV ; Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile - JLACM ; Cruise Missile ; Cold War ; United States - US ; Union Soldiers ; UAVs ; UASs |