In the beginning of the 20th century, if you wanted to cross the Atlantic, you bought a trip on a ship. But after British ...

The US Navy had five rigid airships, each met with different fates - most cruelly, all but one crashed. Using helium as opposed to hydrogen, these airships had potential advantages, quite the ...

The airships can speed up disaster and relief efforts ... While it looks a lot like a blimp, Pathfinder 1 is a dirigible. It has a rigid framework, made of welded titanium hubs and carbon fiber ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen ...

From January of 1915 through July of 1917, Germany conducted numerous air raids on British cities using rigid airships – Zeppelins. This was hazardous duty, for Zeppelins full of hydrogen were liable ...

This is the second part of a series. In the spring of 1925, a shortage of helium kept the U.S. built USS Shenandoah in her Lakehurst, N.J. hangar. The valuable gas had been given to the newer, ...

No, not like that famous flying turtle from Japanese cinema (Gamera doesn't sport solar panels, silly), but rather an airship with a rigid hull that derives power from the sun by day and burns ...

DART SA70-12 Semi-rigid Drone Aiship Integration In addition to the airship agreements, UAV Corp is advancing its partnership with Atlantic Industrial Group Inc. for drone capabilities.