Navy hopes blimp can be eye in the sky

Navy hopes blimp can be eye in the sky

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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...

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