Hybrid Air Vehicles Attempts To Revive Lighter-than-air Aircraft
Despite a setback involving a U.S. military program, the concept of lighter-than-air (LTA) aircraft might be in line for a resurgence with UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles.
Despite a setback involving a U.S. military program, the concept of lighter-than-air (LTA) aircraft might be in line for a resurgence with UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles.

This could be the shape of things to come–moving cargo into remote locations on a large, lighter-than-air (LTA) craft. Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) of the UK is still pushing the LTA concept for a variety of missions, despite the early demise of the U.S. Army’s Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) surveillance program. HAV provided the design and key components to Northrop Grumman for the LEMV, which fell behind schedule and flew only once, in August 2012.