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An hybrid airship for the US Army in Afghanistan

Washington, USA - Based on the Lockheed Martin's LEMV P-791

The US Army’s Space & Missile Defense Command (SMDC) would be planning to deploy an hybrid airship (Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle - LEMV) in Afghanistan by 2011. The airship will be based on a prototype realized by Lockheed Martin and dubbed P-791. The innovative three-hull aircraft will be 250-feet long (76.2 meters, twice the original prototype) and will be capable to float at more t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1109568
Rome, Italy, 09/29/2009 17:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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