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Northrop Grumman's LEMV auch für Fracht!!!

Verfasst: Mo, 30.08.2010 10:21
von hilgenberg
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... tible.html

AUVSI: Northrop Grumman reveals LEMV airship is convertible
By Stephen Trimble

Northrop Grumman says a newly launched hybrid airship will be able to lift as much cargo as a Lockheed Martin C-130E Hercules.

The US Army awarded a contract less than 50 days ago for the Northrop/Hybrid Air Vehicles team to demonstrate the long-endurance, multi-intelligence vehicle (LEMV) as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platform.

But Northrop chief engineer Michael Addison says the same aircraft can lift a 15,875kg (35,000lb) payload by removing the ISR payload and making other modifications.

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