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Navy hopes blimp can be eye in the sky
Navy hopes blimp can be eye in the sky
(EXCERPT) Airship equipped with sensor array, by James W. Crawley UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER September 10, 2003 The Navy is experimenting with something more familiar to football fans than sailors – a blimp. Not the Goodyear blimp used as an eye-in-the-sky TV camera at football games and holiday parades, but a smaller version normally used to advertise products from film to radios. The Office of Naval Research with the Naval Air Systems Command is working with a Hawaii-based contractor to develop an airborne camera system that can help locate anything from terrorists to lost aircraft or whales. "Everyone wants real-time, high-resolution data on demand," Stephen Huett, a Navy program manager, said yesterday. An airship outfitted with several sensors, including television and infrared cameras, could provi... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 10 Sep 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...1m10blimp.html --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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