21st Century Airships
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21st Century Airships Inc. is a Canada-based research and development company for airship
technologies. Projects have included the development of a spherical shaped airship as well as airships for high altitude, environmental research, surveillance and military applications, heavy lifting and sightseeing.
Airship
An airship or dirigible is a type of aerostat or "lighter-than-air aircraft" that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms...
technologies. Projects have included the development of a spherical shaped airship as well as airships for high altitude, environmental research, surveillance and military applications, heavy lifting and sightseeing.
See also
- Stratospheric airshipStratospheric airshipA stratospheric airship is a powered airship designed to fly at very high altitudes . Most designs are remote operated aircraft/unmanned aerial vehicles. To date none of these designs have received approval from the FAA to fly in U.S...
- High-altitude platform
- Orbital airshipOrbital airshipThe orbital airship, also called the space blimp, is a proposed space transportation system that carries payloads to and from low Earth orbit...
- High-altitude airshipHigh-altitude airshipThe United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency contracted Lockheed Martin to construct a high-altitude airship to enhance its Ballistic Missile Defense System ....