The Air Force, monitor for the Blue Devil 2 project, notified the contractor, Mav6, on May 23 to deflate the partially assembled 370-ft M1400 host airship and discontinue further work. No funds are listed for further development. The LEMV (long-endurance multiintelli-gence vehicle) hybrid airship, under Army contract, made its first flight on August 7. It will make one or more flight tests at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, before being flown to the Melbourne, Florida, airport. Northrop Grumman has leased eight acres for six months to test the hybrid 300-ft airship and install its payload of surveillance and communication gear.
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