Airship Programs Not So Buoyant, GAO Says

At the height of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, airships looked to be the answer to demands for persistent, “staring-eye” surveillance. But problems developing the systems — including, surprisingly, the decades-old technology of building a lighter-than-air vehicle — mean they are coming along...

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