par Jeannot Mar 15 Juin 2010, 05:58
Northrop Grumman va construire un dirigeable pour l'US Army
Northrop Grumman to build observation blimp for U.S. Army The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $517 million to build up to three Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle hybrid airship systems -- also known as observation blimps.
The airships will be just longer than a football field be able to linger at 20,000 feet over Afghanistan for more than three weeks providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for soldiers, Northrop Grumman said in a news release. They're set to start flying in 18 months.
"It is critical that our warfighters are equipped with more enabling integrated ISR capability to tackle today's and tomorrow's conflicts," Alan Metzger, Northrop Grumman's program manager, said in the release. "Our offering supports the Army's Joint Military Utility Assessment that this disruptive innovation must meet the Army's objective of a persistent unblinking stare while providing increased operational utility to battlefield commanders."
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