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Successful Argus One UAV Payload Testing For World Surveillance Group

Source: BrevardTimes.com KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida — World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) and related technologies, announced today that the Company has successfully completed payload testing of tethered flights of the Argus One UAV … Continue reading

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Army Readies Its Mammoth Spy Blimp for First Flight

Source: wired.com  TAMPA, Florida — Sure, it took an extra year or so, but Northrop Grumman has finally penciled in the first flight of the giant surveillance airship it’s building for the U.S. Army. The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle — a football-field-size, … Continue reading

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Scientists use airship to look for meteorites

Source: SFGate.com – The San Francisco Chronicle A group of scientists took to the skies in an airship Thursday in search of meteorites that rained over California’s gold country last month.

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Navy demonstrates unique craft over Bay County

Source: Panama City NewsHerald.com By: ZACK MCDONALD / News Herald Writer PANAMA CITY — The skyline of the Upper Lagoon has been adorned with something out of place over the past few days.

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Pulham St Mary airship photographs saved from skip

Source: BBC A rare collection of previously unseen photographs of World War I airships in south Norfolk have been saved from the skip. Featuring aircraft based at Pulham St Mary from 1916 onwards, the images were taken by Royal Naval … Continue reading

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