Saturday, July 10, 2010

Football field sized airships for surveillance




According to the aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman, the U.S. army has ordered the delivery of three Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicles (LEMV),that can carry up to 2,500 pounds payload while cruising along at 92 mph (148 kph) at the same time. Meant to be flying at 20,000 (6,096 meters) above the sea-level these super-large airships are literally longer than a football field. The army believes that the LEMVs will serve as surveillance stations and will assist in watching over battlefields in Afghanistan.
Northrop Grumman has received the $517 million dollar contract and is estimated to deliver all three LEMVs before the end of 2011
[source: space.com]

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