http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/ Engadget Comments for Northrop Grumman wins contract to build US Army's long-endurance hybrid airship http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
HAHAHA it looks like a frog.. :)]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Why would the military want this...?

*Sir, there are incoming threats coming from the west*

-moment of silence-

-POP-

*DAMMIT THEY POPPED OUT 517 MILLION DOLLAR BLIMP*]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
http://www.timeofwar.com/persos/yssan/Images/AR/kirov_2.jpg]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
It looks like a flying butt.]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Indeed...such an odd design, can spin it so many ways with that look lol]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Captain: "RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!"]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
bombing bays ready]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
You can't "pop" an airship. A blimp maybe, but not a rigid airship.

History Fact: Germany didn't lose any ships to sub attack that were escorted by airship. They were a fantastic observational/weapons platform that performed much more effectively than the fighter planes buzzing around.]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
*Historical Fact*]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
nope, a house and 100,000 balloons will provide the same result.]]>Jun 21st 2010 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
That really does make a nice fat target in the sky. A man with a decent sniper rifle could take that thing down. Forget military duties. I think it would make a cool short hop mode of air transportation in the U.S.]]>Jun 21st 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Goodyear brings its blimp in a few times a year to patch all the bullet holes it gets while traveling around the US.

]]>Jun 21st 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8444/8385.jpg

anyone else hear the jingle in there heads when they saw this...]]>Jun 21st 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
A sniper rifle shot at 20,000 feet? Are you joking? You wouldn't be able to see the thing, much less get a bullet to go four miles straight up..]]>Jun 21st 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
I'm sure he was referencing all the attacks from the Red Barron not a sniper rifle.. lol]]>Jun 21st 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
it is flying at 20,000 feet. a sniper rifle or even a shoulder launch missile will not be able to hit this thing. It will have near zero heat and radar signature, and be practically invisible. It can carry 2,500 pounds of equipment and weapons, so I am also guessing it will also be equipped with electronic warfare and AWACS equipment. it will be near impossible to find and target.]]>Jun 21st 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
I just bust out laughing picturing a 35mph blimp trying to dive bomb a 34mph submarine.]]>Jun 21st 2010 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Sounds like a large Protoss Observer.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 22nd 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
34 mph?]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
20,000 ft according to the source]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Lol thought the same thing. 20k miles would be about a 12th of the way to the moon :P]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/I saw that too... Who needs the Space Shuttle when we could just use Blimps :P

Quite the typo.]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Its strange because who the hell writes a typo as long as "20,000 miles above sea level" without noticing it?]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
34mph at 20k Miles above Sea level. That'll totally storm across the sky...O_O]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
The original article got the 20,000ft right. She just typed miles instead of ft. ]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
2500lbs of payload, not total weight...]]>Jun 21st 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 22nd 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/*sigh. :|]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
BTW, "2011" is little more than 6 months away, so no shit we'd still be there, crybaby.
]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Chalk up another half billion dollar win to osama while he spends $100 on a c4 charge.

Only need one ied every week or so to keep us spending other peoples money and rack up unpayable debt.

It's ridiculous ]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
You mean the same ones the CIA trained in the first place? *golf clap*]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Yeah those ones, with left over munitions the CIA gave em]]>Jun 21st 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
They spent a few billion assisting in that war and then told him he couldn't have a fraction of that to help them rebuild. He warned them that the situation we are in now would eventually happen if we didn't.

We left the impression to them that we used them for our purposes and when done just left them to rot.

Oh and the guy who said there a few Hajis left to get I wonder if you've ever been to Afghanistan like I have. If you did then you would know that Haji is actually a term of respect in a good portion of the country.]]>Jun 23rd 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/
Is it bad that I read your comment as "Chalk up another half billion dollar win to obama while he spends $100 on a c4 charge."

Whoops.]]>Jul 5th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/northrop-grumman-wins-contract-to-build-us-armys-long-endurance/Jun 21st 2010 12:17PM