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Source: Navy Lakehurst Historical Society With funding literally almost gone, the Navy’s MZ-3A airship left Florida in late February. Destination…  Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to be deflated and put into “mothballs”. The airship arrived at Lakehurst on the afternoon of Monday, February … Continue reading →

Source: Innovation News Daily Jeremy Hsu, Senior Writer, Innovation News Daily Every U.S. good sold overseas or iPad shipped from China makes one of 500 million journeys aboard ship containers crossing the world’s oceans each year — a journey that … Continue reading →

Source: Nogales International By Manuel C. Coppola – Nogales International That Beluga whale you may have seen in the western Nogales sky on Monday is actually a tethered blimp being tested by the Border Patrol.

Source: Wired.com By Noah Shachtman After spending more than $140 million, the Air Force is poised to pull the plug on its ambitious project to send a king-sized, all-seeing spy blimp to Afghanistan.

Source: Aero News Network Four Months On-station Persistence PredictedGlobal Near Space Services (GNSS) of Colorado Springs, CO, and Bye Aerospace of Denver, CO, jointly announced continued progress in the development of a unique solar-electric-powered airship named StarLight.