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Lockheed Martin will build a prototype High Altitude Airship (HAA) under a $149.2 million contract awarded by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). This contract marks the beginning of the program's third phase, leading to prototype delivery and flight in 2009. "The HAA delivers a persistent surveillance capability unmatched by any other platform," said Ron Browning, Lockheed Martin business development director responsible for the High Altitude Airship. "The HAA combines a variety of advanced technologies to support air and ground missile defense needs and provides a near-space, multi-mission guardian in the sky that is easy to relocate and can be stationed where needed most." Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will build an airship prototype based on the design developed during the program's second phase. Operating at 60,000 feet, the prototype will demonstrate launch and recovery, station- keeping and flight-control capabilities while carrying mission re-configurable payloads. It will be about 400 feet long and 140 feet in diameter, and will have a volume of 3.7 million cubic feet. It will be built in Lockheed Martin's facility in Akron. Related Links Lockheed Martin SpaceWar Search SpaceWar Subscribe To SpaceWar Express 
Sanswire Networks Moves To Palmdale Ahead Of High Altitude Airship Launch
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Jun 01, 2005GlobeTel Communication's wholly owned subsidiary, Sanswire Networks, announced Wednesday that it has finished its planned move from San Bernandino to Palmdale, California, in preparation for the Company's high altitude tests that are planned to be carried out later this year at Edward's Air Force Base in California. |
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