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Army

Former U.S. Army Airship Damaged In UK Crash

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, August 25th, 2016

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Former U.S. Army Airship Damaged In UK Crash

Airlander 10, a giant airship prototype that used to be part of the U.S. Army’s now-canceled Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) program, crashed at the end of its second flight test Aug. 24 in the United Kingdom.During the “heavy landing,” the front of the Airlander’s flight deck sustained “some damage, which is currently being assessed,” said Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the British firm that is developing the airship. “Both pilots and the ground crew are safe and well and the…

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