Army eyes utility of unmanned, high-altitude airship

The U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command is eyeing potential uses of an unmanned airship that could fly at 70,000 feet for six months at a time. The projected High Altitude Airship (HAA) would have many of the benefits of a geostationary satellite, but wouldn't be as expensive and could be...

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