A number of blimps have been used for Base ISTAR in Afghanistan, and supposedly were (are?) due to stay in the long term as a joint Army - RAF Regiment force protection asset under Project OUTPOST (something i read quite a long while ago, hope it hasn't changed in the meanwhile).
And the hybrid airship hopefully will be tested soon. I'm not holding my breath, but i am fascinated by the promises. Very curious to see how it goes. I think a dedicate thread can't hurt, since on the MPA one we were clearly OT.
AviationWeek has a very detailed walk around of the AIRLANDER 10, to start with, which i think is very interesting: http://aviationweek.com/technology/hybr ... dium=email
Blimps and airships
Blimps and airships
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Re: Blimps and airships
could you fix a crows nest system to a blimp and tether it to a ship to provide continuous cheap AEW?
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