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Hybrid Air Freighters to buy 12 Lockheed Martin hybrid cargo airships
HYBRID Air Freighters (HAF) has inked a letter of intent to buy up to 12 of Lockheed Martin's Hybrid Airships from Hybrid Enterprises, the exclusive reseller of Lockheed Martin's airship vehicles that can deliver cargo to remote areas. The deal valued at US$500 million was clinched at the Paris Air Show.
In addition to a 21-tonne cargo payload, the Hybrid Airship can land on surfaces where other aircraft can't. The logistics business has struggled for years to deliver oversized payloads to remote sites, and doing so has required expensive infrastructure development, such as airports, long runways, roads and port facilities, reported New York's Air Cargo World.
Lockheed's LMH-1 Hybrid Airship, however, could, in theory, provide end-to-end deliveries, touching down in small clearings at the remote sites where oil and gas exploration tends to take place, thus eliminating massive development costs.
CEO of HAF, Hubert de Contenson, was quoted as saying that "the LMH-1 will open a new era for remote cargo delivery that is free from costly ground infrastructure and will provide a sustainable and affordable solution to remote cargo operations around the globe."
In addition to a 21-tonne cargo payload, the Hybrid Airship can land on surfaces where other aircraft can't. The logistics business has struggled for years to deliver oversized payloads to remote sites, and doing so has required expensive infrastructure development, such as airports, long runways, roads and port facilities, reported New York's Air Cargo World.
Lockheed's LMH-1 Hybrid Airship, however, could, in theory, provide end-to-end deliveries, touching down in small clearings at the remote sites where oil and gas exploration tends to take place, thus eliminating massive development costs.
CEO of HAF, Hubert de Contenson, was quoted as saying that "the LMH-1 will open a new era for remote cargo delivery that is free from costly ground infrastructure and will provide a sustainable and affordable solution to remote cargo operations around the globe."
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