Lockheed's High Altitude Airship

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 17, 2004 @07:00AM from the avert-your-eyes-citizen dept.

swordboy writes "Lockheed Martin has just awarded a contract to UniSolar Ovonic regarding development and delivery of flexible, lightweight solar cells for the U.S. government's High Altitude Airship security project. The proposed 500-foot-long dirigible is to fly at a stratospheric 70,000 foot altitude - above both jet stream and severe weather. The thin-film solar technology, although low in peak conversion efficiency, can potentially deliver a whopping 2500 watts/kilogram. This is the same technology as the previously discussed GE organic LED project - just with the physics in reverse. Broadband communication blimp, anyone?"

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Re:Wow! by Radish03 · 2004-03-17 07:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Makes me think of every final fantasy game i've played.
Re:Wow! by Bombcar · 2004-03-17 07:45 · Score: 1, Offtopic

If I remember Final Fantasy right, when you get the airship things become much easier and faster, right?

Cool! Airship forever!

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