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High Altitude Airships and UAVs
UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), having a broad range of military and civil applications, are a rapidly growing industry throughout the world. They range from tiny, insect-size flying objects, to jet-airplanes and helicopters.
21st Century Airships Team Inc. has developed a fully autonomous UAV airship, which can be optionally manned.
It is a medium altitude (up to 20,000-ft.), long-duration platform, suitable for a multitude of applications. Powered by a hybrid-electric propulsion system, it can reach speeds up to 60 knots with a duration of up to 72 hours.
Flight demonstrations are scheduled to begin in late 2007.
21st Century Airships Team Inc. continues its lengthy involvement with high-altitude airships. It is one of only a few companies that have moved beyond the concept stage and into the air. In June 2003' during a 12-hour test flight, our company set the absolute altitude world record for helium filled airships.
(http://records.fai.org/airships/current.asp?id1=ba&id3=1&id2=1)
The next stage of the development will be a series of test-flights reaching an altitude of 40,000-ft.
Ultimately these UAVs will be "parked" in the stratosphere at an altitude of approximately 20-km (65,000-ft.). At that altitude, they will serve as a stable platform for telecommunications and remote sensing.
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