The Aeroscraft Technology Development Demonstrator Aeros 40D “Sky Dragon”
Airship Enters the Final Assembly Stage.
May 15, 2008 Los Angeles, California
Today
Aeros announced the beginning of the final assembly of the Aeros 40D Sky
Dragon airship, manufacturing s/n 21.
With the Aeroscraft ML866 program rapidly moving forward, the technology
demonstrator Aeros 40D will play a significant role in the overall
process. The program will utilize the Aeros 40D Lighter-than-Air vehicle
as a flying test bed to accelerate and mitigate risks in the Aeroscraft
program. Different flight experiments will be conducted to demonstrate
and flight-qualify the key enabling technologies and systems such as the
buoyancy managements system, low speed control system, flight management
system and variety of flight critical subsystems.
The Aeros 40D is United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Type
Certified airship and featuring the advanced technology package, which
makes the airship a perfect platform to be utilized for variety of the
Aeroscraft development and testing. The Aeros 40D will provide many
overall advantages from risk reduction to ML866 program acceleration. The
numerous advantages can be categorized by time savings through
acceleration of the program; flight qualifying components prior to
integration and the ability to modify components in parallel to main
vehicle construction, all leading to overall cost reduction of the entire
program and reduction in program risk in terms of time and cost.
Aeros is the world’s leading manufacturer of a wide spectrum of buoyant
platforms. Aeros’ innovative approach has transformed the company into
one of the leading research and development organizations for the
aerospace industry.
About
the Aeroscraft:
The Aeroscraft is a new type – the variable buoyancy air vehicle designed
to control lift in all stages of air or ground operations including the
ability to off-load payload without taking on-board ballast. The key
features of the Aeroscraft include the rigid structure, vertical takeoff
and landing capability, ability to operate at low speed and hover, and
operate from unprepared surfaces. For more information please visit
www.aerosml.com/ml866
About
Aeros:
Aeros is the world's leading lighter-than-air, FAA-certified aircraft
manufacturing company. The company's operations involve the research,
development, production, operation and marketing of a complete family of
Aeros-branded air vehicles used in government and commercial applications.
These include non-rigid FAA Type Certified Aeros 40D Sky Dragon Airships,
Advanced Tethered Aerostatic Systems and New Type Rigid Air Vehicle -
Aeroscraft.
For more information please visit
www.aerosml.com
Contact:
Edward
Pevzner
Business Development Manager
Edward@AerosML.com
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