article_snippet: While the previous U.S. Army project had military applications in mind, this time HAV plans to split end use 60:40 between civlian and military applications.
article_snippet: The U.S. Coastguard has expressed interest in using the hybrid airships to monitor the nation's coastline.
article_snippet: Meanwhile Swedish firm OceanSky, in conjunction with the government, wants to use the Airlander as an air transport system for wind turbines.
article_snippet: Chris Daniels explained: "At the moment, the only way of  doing (transporting the equipment) is basically plowing a 50m-wide highway through pristine Nordic forest, which is not a good thing to do and they don't want to destroy ecological environment.
article_snippet: Using airships for military purposes such as reconnaissance and surveillance is not a new idea and today faces stiff competition from drones.
article_snippet: Payload weight is one of biggest limiters of UAVs -- so that would be extremely attractive to militaries looking to put larger or heavier sensors on board.