U.S. Airship To Be Based On U.K. Design

By Graham Warwick

U.K. firm Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) will design the platform for the Long-Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) unmanned surveillance airship to be built for use in Afghanistan under Northrop Grumman’s $517 million contract from the U.S. Army.

Although the LEMV will be assembled and tested in the U.S. before being deployed to Afghanistan for military utility ...

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