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postheadericon Lockheed Martin’s HALE-D airship takes to the air

Lockheed Martin's HALE-D is launched

With the use of airships for passenger transport decreases in the early 20th Century as their capabilities have been eclipsed by the aircraft - combined with a series of disasters - they were largely as floating billboards or serving as camera platforms for sporting events coverage resigned. But the ability to hover in one place for a longer period of time also makes them ideal for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance purposes, why is Lockheed Martin High Altitude Airship has been developing his (HAA). The company yesterday launched the first-of-its-kind High Altitude Long Endurance Demonstrator (HALE-D) to a number of key technologies critical to the development of unmanned airships, test ... Continue Reading Lockheed Martin D HALE airship takes to the air

Section: Aero Gizmo

Tags: Airship, aviation, communications, HALE, Lockheed Martin, Reconnaissance, Surveillance Unmanned,

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