A picture from nuclear tests, codenamed Stokes, involving airships in 1957 during Operation Plumbbob.National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office In 1957, the US military tested whether ...

The Army and U.S. Transportation Command are interested in developing modern versions of the craft for combat and humanitarian missions. Development of a logistics airship -- an aerial vehicle that ...

The photos were captured months before the Chinese spy balloon incident over the United States, but it is not possible to know if they could be related. BlackSky, a private firm specializing in ...

Airships, which are best known today for their use as advertising blimps, have long been recognized for their potential as large, low-emissions transportation vessels that can haul huge amounts of ...

Whether against Russia, China, or some other adversary in future conflicts, enemies of the United States will have the capability to inhibit the joint force’s access to its objectives through the ...

The company behind the Airlander 10 giant hybrid aircraft has secured its first reservations for use in the military. Bedford-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) said three had been reserved by an ...

An undisclosed customer has secured reservations for three Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV)-produced Airlander 10 aircraft for use in support of military tasks – the first examples of the type “destined for ...

The U.S. military is testing a new cruise-missile defense system by launching a blimp-like airship at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore. Reporters in the region are getting their first look ...

In 1957, the US military tested whether or not airships could withstand a nuclear blast. Airships were popular in naval combat and briefly considered for the delivery of nuclear weapons. In the 1950s, ...