First flight of LEMV military blimp scheduled for next month

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Northrop Grumman’s Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) is scheduled to make its first flight next month

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Next-generation airships are notorious for always being just around the corner, almost but not-quite ready to take to the skies. According to a report in Wired, however, Northrop Grumman’s military Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) has been scheduled to make its maiden flight early next month.

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