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From: Zmorg772/10/2006 12:37:49 PM
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HAA - High Altitude Airship
by: zmorg77

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors, Akron, Ohio, a $149.2 million contract in December to build a prototype of an unmanned, untethered, high-altitude airship (HAA). The Defense Department is considering building a fleet of the hovering, re-locatable airships to serve as long-endurance, surveillance radar platforms over coastal areas of the continental United States.
Lockheed Martin won an industry competition to design the airship in Sept. 2003. The latest contract will lead to delivery of the prototype and its first flight in 2009.

LINK:http://www.isrjournal.com/story.php?F=1451427
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From the Lockheed Martin Website:

LINK:http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/findPage.do?dsp=fec&ci=14477&rsbci=0&fti=126&t i=0&sc=400
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Some Background & Program Info:

GlobalSecurity.org
LINK:http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/haa.htm

MissileThreat.com
LINK:http://www.missilethreat.com/systems/blimp_usa.html
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This article is interesting because this team at Purdue is dealing with many of the same technical issues as the Lockheed Team, so it gives an idea of what we need to overcome.

Purdue Team To Float High-altitude Airship
LINK:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050329135943.htm
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