Und die Navy hat jetzt auch ihr eigenes Luftschiffprogramm ... http://www.app.com/article/20111026/NJNEWS/310260127/First-Navy-airship-50-years-unveiled-NJ-base First Navy airship in 50 years unveiled at NJ base The first Navy airship commissioned in 50 years had its public presentation Wednesday in...

Solar Ship: The hybrid airship with a low-carbon twist http://www.gizmag.com/solar-ship-hybrid-airship/20263/ In recent times there's been a resurgence of interest in airships for military and commercial uses as evidenced by Lockheed Martin's High Altitude Long Endurance-Demonstrator (HALE-D) and Hy...

Und noch eine amerikanische Technologiefirma die - auf welchem Niveau auch immer - am Thema Luftschiff arbeitet http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=3742 JP Aerospace Highest Airship in the World! Saturday Tandem soared to 95,085 feet. She flew perfect. We fired up the propellers and drove her around then...

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/hybrid-air-vehicles Hybrid Air Vehicles Make Gains On Traditional Airplanes Seventy-four years after the zeppelin, another gas giant arises. Hybrid Air Vehicles' new aircraft is not technically a blimp. Nor is it a zeppelin, a craft that saw its end with the H...

Technologiefinanzierung auf amerikanisch ... Lockheed Martin Corp. wins 2 Army contracts http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QERRNO0.htm BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin won two Army contracts that combined are worth nearly $384 million, the military contractor said Tuesday. The vast majorit...

Und noch ein Luftschiffprojekt, diesmal Portugal... Nortavia entwickelt sicheres und umweltfreundliches Luftschiff Porto, Portugal (ots/PRNewswire) - Die internationale Luftfahrtindustrie unternimmt erste Schritte in Richtung einer Neuauflage des lenkbaren Luftschiffs als Transportmittel für Persone...

Hybrid-Flieger Solar Ship soll Öko-Laster der Lüfte werden http://de.engadget.com/2011/10/25/hybrid-flieger-solar-ship-soll-ko-laster-der-lufte-werden/ (mit netten Videos) Das Konzept des kanadischen Solar Ships erinnert auf den ersten Blick ein wenig an die tragisch hochfliegenden CargoLifter-Plän...

Giant Spy Blimp Battle Could Decide Surveillance’s Future

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07 ... mp-battle/

Da geht es um Blue Devil Block II. Das ist das Projekt der AirForce.

Und noch einer: Schon interessant, wie viele Medien über diese Themen da drüben berichten, während hier die Meute schläft. Spy blimp surge needs more helium WASHINGTON – The military loves its spy blimps so much it needs as many bulk helium gas containers as it can get its hands on to adequately sup...

Nu flicht er wieder ;-) http://www.suasnews.com/2011/09/8345/world-surveillance-group-announces-successful-flight-of-argus-one-uav/ World Surveillance Group Announces Successful Flight of Argus One UAV World Surveillance Group Inc , a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) a...

dazu gehört auch dies hier: The Military's Airship Renaissance Deflates Over Lack of Access to Helium http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-09/militarys-airship-renaissance-deflates-over-lack-access-helium The second golden age of the airship has run head-on into a logistical snag, Danger Ro...

Military Struggles to Find Helium for Spy Blimp Surge http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/helium-spy-blimp-surge/ The U.S. military is sending so many spy blimps to Afghanistan that industry is scrambling to supply helium and “cannot keep up with the increased demand” for the containers that hol...

The inventor who's putting blimps back on the radar

If all goes to plan, we could see a fully British-built airship crossing the Atlantic as early as 2014 ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 53673.html

Airships Could Prove a Lifeline in the Arctic http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/09/airships-could-prove-a-lifeline-in-the-arctic/ Airships may soon soar in the cold skies of northern Canada and Alaska, bringing supplies to remote mining communities where planes can’t always fly and roads are cost-pr...