Return to Lighter-Than-Air Transportation for Military and Civilian Application

Abstract

The United States aerospace community has entered an era characterized by declining activity, due largely to the increasing complexity and cost of aerospace systems. Industry and Government are engaged in a search for air vehicles that will carry increasingly larger payloads at reduced cost and levels of pollution, and that will not require vast expanses of land from which to operate. To this end, the dirigible (rigid airship), a versatile and ecologically clean transportation system which offers exceptional payload capability, endurance, range and flight stability, may be given renewed consideration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0776363

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Stepler

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airships
  • Balloons
  • Blimps
  • Composite Materials
  • Materials
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Payload
  • Program Management
  • Systems Management
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Economics
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space