Debrief: Could Climate Change Bring Back The Airship?

An airship landing at a remote site.

AT² Aerospace was spun out of Lockheed Martin to commercialize Skunk Works’ hybrid airship technology.

Credit: AT² Aerospace
With would-be operator Straightline Aviation placing a $50 million firm order for the first hybrid cargo airship, to be produced by AT² Aerospace based on a Lockheed Martin Skunk Works design, are we about to enter a new age of airships? It is an age promised many times and never delivered. But...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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