| September 27, 2009
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U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is planning to deploy an autonomous, free-flying, surveillance ‘blimp’ over the skies of Afghanistan by the year 2011.
The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) will be 250 long, and will be able to float at an altitude of 20,000 feet for up to three weeks at a time. The aircraft is not technically a blimp...