Before the Wright Brothers powered their way across the sands of Kitty Hawk or Otto Lilienthal soared from the hills of Germany, enveloping hot air in a balloon was the only way to fly. Concepts were ...

Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) on Wednesday said its most powerful generator will be used for cargo-carrying blimps made by startup Flying Whales Airships. The company’s electric hybrid aircraft ...

H2 Clipper presents a very compelling case to bring back an extremely controversial technology, saying that large electric airships lifted and powered by green hydrogen stand ready to transport ...

California startup H2 Clipper wants to bring back hydrogen-filled airships, claiming they can unlock completely green intercontinental cargo operations carrying 8-10 times the payload of any cargo ...

This futuristic-looking contraption is a mix between a high-capacity cargo aircraft and an airship. It's not here yet, but Michelin is helping the French company behind this concept, Voliris, to bring ...

UK-based Straightline Aviation has placed a $50 million order for the first large cargo airship to be produced by AT² Aerospace, the company to which Lockheed Martin in 2023 spun off its hybrid ...

Canadian North Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Flying Whales to study the potential for operating large cargo airships in Northern Canada and the High Arctic. French ...

A number of companies have emerged in recent years aiming to resurrect the airship, an early technology that was abandoned in favor of airplanes and helicopters. Flying Whales in France, Hybrid Air ...

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French-Canadian company Flying Whales says floating airships could be operating in the Queensland outback as early as 2029. But without public backing, the freight solution, which proponents say could ...