Blimp RAID: Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment system.

From: Soldiers Magazine | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: Joseph, Antony | Copyright information

EXPERIMENTS conducted to enhance Soldiers' equipment and protection have always been a critical part of military efforts to keep the Army relevant and ready to fight and win wars. So, it should come as no surprise that the military is experimenting again.

Melding already available technology--a nonrigid airship, or blimp, and the Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment, or RAID, system--the JLENS project office recently demonstrated the capabilities of a free-flying mobile aer...

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