US Army's new $0.5bn British airship will fly 'mid-next summ
Verfasst: Mo, 08.11.2010 9:14
US Army's new $0.5bn British airship will fly 'mid-next summer'
Still puny vs '30s zeppelins - Reg units analysis
By Lewis Page
Posted in Science, 5th November 2010 16:05 GMT
The US Army's bold scheme to build a mighty optionally-crewed airship with the aid of British designers is going well, according to the ship's builders.
American defence-industrial mammoth Northrop, contracted to deliver the Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) ship to the US Army Space and Missile Defence Command, says that the ship has "completed three important program milestones" - reviews of the project's feasibility before manufacturing begins - and it is on track for first flight in "mid-next summer".
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Weiter unter (Quelle):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/05 ... ilestones/
Still puny vs '30s zeppelins - Reg units analysis
By Lewis Page
Posted in Science, 5th November 2010 16:05 GMT
The US Army's bold scheme to build a mighty optionally-crewed airship with the aid of British designers is going well, according to the ship's builders.
American defence-industrial mammoth Northrop, contracted to deliver the Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) ship to the US Army Space and Missile Defence Command, says that the ship has "completed three important program milestones" - reviews of the project's feasibility before manufacturing begins - and it is on track for first flight in "mid-next summer".
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Weiter unter (Quelle):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/05 ... ilestones/