Abstract
The Airlander uses the latest technology and carbon composite materials to create a revolutionary surveillance aircraft with ground-breaking capabilities.
The helium-filled Airlander is the creation of Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), a company that itself was born out of decades of British innovation and research in Lighter Than Air (LTA) craft.
Forward Composites were able to apply their race-bred composites expertise to the British SME-led development of the revolutionary Airlander, with HAV making the step from initial prototype to manufacture, with the aim to create a super-sized transportation and surveillance aircraft that has the capability of spending weeks in the air on a single mission.
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