NEW FRONTIERS - NEW OPPORTUNITIES -AIR SHIPS

摘要

The Panel began by covering the current status of USTRANSCOMs Hybrid Air Ships program and its relationships and technology investments with Industry. Col Kaharik said that US-TRANSCOM began investigating Hybrid Air Ships in 2010 and was studying 20 ton and 50 ton variants. (As a comparison, a C130 can handle 20 tons, while a C17 moves 45 tons.) He identified cost, maintenance, buoyancy, and ground-handling equipment as the biggest challenges, not to mention weather and survivability.