Our unmanned airship - looncraft squid 2 - demonstrates the detailed inspection of 3 power poles.

Oh the humanity!?🔥 Don’t worry! We are just testing a rapid descent maneuver. 😉 This is important in situations where a manned...

Airships have the potential for much longer flight times than multirotor drones. This and other advantages open new opportunities for the inspection of long range infrastructure like power lines. - That’s the hypothesis we based our business on.   Power grid operator   Netze BW GmbH   gave us the chance to prove this hypothesis. Believing in our idea, they teamed up with   Enpulse  , the venture studio of   EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG , and planned a pilot project with

... to inspecting electricity pylons and ensuring the integrity of our electricity grids. On Sunday, February 10, MFV Böblingen allowed...

It Takes an Airship to Impress Netze BW 😎 A few days ago we demonstrated our airship drone to power grid operator Netze BW GmbH. As a...

In the winter months Germany has some challenges to offer for airship testing. This time the gloomy weather and the freezing cold created...

When an airship wanders across the sky, it is gentle and calm like a cloud passing by. You smile and wonder, did it just kiss the moon...

... at least when it comes to airship operations. Cold temperatures increase the density difference between air and helium which results...

Disclaimer: No airships were hurt in the making of this video. In principal an airship is a stable pendulum, so any roll disturbance will...

In this test flight we are pushing the envelope - literally! Our airship is now fully auto-stabilized in 5 degrees of freedom (roll axis...

Finally our ideas, our work and sweat and tears left the ground and majestically hovered in front of our eyes. For the first time our...