World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. (“LTAS”), has provided seven critical aerostat launcher electric main winches and spare components to support the Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (“STMPAS”) for the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force (“REF”). Continue reading
Category Archives: Lighter Than Air
World Surveillance Group Acquires Lighter Than Air Systems
World Surveillance Group Inc.(“WSGI”), announced that it has completed the acquisition of Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. (“LTAS”). LTAS is expected to continue to generate revenues based on a robust pipeline in the surveillance and security sector. Continue reading
Long-Endurance UAS Suffer from Lack of Customer Support
AeroVironment‘s Global Observer was being developed as a JCTD, funded by no fewer than six U.S. government agencies, and was to fly with the Air Force’s Joint Aerial Layer Network (JALN) payload, designed to allow multiple tactical communications systems to talk to one another and connect to distant command centers. AeroVironment says it is still talking to its customers.
JLENS Demonstrates Tactical Ballistic Missile Defence Capability
During a series of recent tests, a Raytheon Company JLENS demonstrated tactical ballistic missile defense (TBMD) capability when it detected and tracked a total of four ballistic-missile surrogates during their ascent (boost) phase. Continue reading
Air Launched Hypersonic Airship
Mountain Lake Labs just posted this video depicting two Canberra jets in early stage proof-of-concept flight test with small scale airships prior to more useful ones for missile defence. Continue reading
Hindeburg Crash – Newsreel from 1937
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The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey. Continue reading
K-Class Blimp Patrol from NAS Lakehurst
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The K-class non-rigid airship was a class of blimps built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio for the United States Navy. Continue reading
World Surveillance Group Gets $600K US Defence Department Contract for Blimp in a Box Aerostat
World Surveillance Group Inc., has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Global Telesat Corp. (“GTC”), has been awarded a $605,000 contract from the United States Department of Defense for a set of Blimp in a Box (“BiB”) aerostat systems. Continue reading