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Aviation Week & Space Technology 2012-06-04

VOL. 174 NO. 20 June 04, 2012

Defense

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Airship Builder Cries Foul In USAF Blue Devil II Kill

Jun 04, 2012
When the U.S. Air Force canceled a little-known airship program, veterans of aerospace development saw it as just another case of a service desperately seeking budget savings. But officials of the small contractor and some observers see something more disturbing—a prejudice against new ways of collecting intelligence and a pre-emptive strike to protect conventional programs.