Contract awards for Walrus programme
DARPA has awarded funding to Lockheed Martin and Aeros Aeronautical Systems for the first phase of the Walrus programme.
The Walrus programme aims to develop and evaluate a heavier-than-air airship capable of carrying 500 tons, 12,000 miles in seven days.
Compare to earlier-generation airships, the progamme must prove that limitations such as off-board ballast can be overcome.
It will achieve this by generating lift through a combination of aerodynamics, thrust vectoring and gas buoyancy generation and management.
DARPA's PDF news release.
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