Army Preps Sky Blimp

Wall Street journal ^ | 29 Jun 2012 | Nathan Hodge

[docbnj]

The U.S. military is preparing for the maiden flight of a football-field-size airship laden with surveillance gear designed to do the work of a dozen drones—and destined for Afghanistan. The experimental craft, known as the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, or LEMV, is designed to loiter over combat zones for weeks at a time, outfitted with high-tech sensors that can intercept phone calls, shoot full-motion video or track the movement of insurgents. [Full article available only to subscribers.]

[WKUHilltopper]

“I will admit that the mangled title had me scratching my head for a moment - what other kind of blimp besides a ‘sky blimp’ could there possibly be...”

I had the same thoughts. These idiot “journalists” apparently never think and even consider what they write. Perhaps just filling space. This the same as water fish, space stars, sky birds? Maybe an automobile car.

[smaug6]

Probably has a dwell time of 2 weeks un-manned that would be a pretty substantial performance envelope increase for surveillance missions.

[evets]