British airships to be used in remote north Canada

Posted on 30 Aug 2011 by The Manufacturer

Cranfield-based Hybrid Air Vehicles will supply its ‘modern-day Zeppelins’ to Discovery Air for transportation of people and goods to northern Canada.

After securing a $517m contract to supply the US Army with a fleet of the airships for use in Afghanistan (beginning in 2012), Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has announced that it is to cater for Yellowknife’s Discovery Air (DA) in order for it to supply remote communities and enterprises in the North. Able to travel…

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