35% is a bit more than just an "uptick"!

OK, WhizKids. Put a happy spin on this!

TOUCAN: That's nothing new. ATT has been doing that since the 1920's. When ATT first came out with the rotary telephone switches, ATT voluntarily gave the gov't the codes so the gov't could more easily wiretap the budding Mafia. That's fact!

They still do it! I'm surprised they take money and don't just do it for free.

WW: Yeah, and some of us expected it to be profitable in 2006, and 2007, and 2008, and....

"the Bataan March of investing" LOL!

Classic, although I'm sure many here have no clue what that was.

You can't mean that? Oh yeah, I forgot! We're the next Microsoft! Not! LOL!

dog: SIRI has customers!

Yeah, and a BILLION shares. LOL!

Another glorious day for Blimpco! Yay!

I bought this when it was still BellSouth, a great company, and stayed in after the merger. I did OK until the Big Crash and ATT plunged although the low price helped my dividend reinvestments. Now ATT just disgusts me... These guys don't give a crap about their customers and rather than fix a problem, they'll give you $10 off for the next six months....IMO

This stock will continue to decline IMO

because ATT is a really huge, really crappy company! They can't support their existing products and services and their new offerings are less than stellar! And, finally everybody knows it.

The old Ma Bell at least made stuff that worked. Try ATT tech support. They all but tell you, "We're ATT and we don't HAVE to care about your piddly little problem." I live in town and the guy across the street can't get a cell signal. He called and they told him they couldn't help him and he should switch to Verizon. I kid you not!

Their pride will be their downfall

BFD! All of these programs and assays of programs are just bully. Meanwhile the sp erodes and we're left twiddling our collective thumbs. Somebody post about WSGI receiving some money!!!

I think nerd was pretty old and may not be with us anymore. I have his personal email around somewhere and may try to contact him. He probably just sold and moved on...

ijo: Disasters, maybe?

Let's hope so!

rwe: That's kinda what I was thinking; that they just wanted the trailer and would attach their own balloon(s) to it. Anybody?

BBB:

That merely serves to highlight the phenomenon all organizations face: The organization itself becomes more important than whatever it was set up to do. Revolutionaries overthrow institutions and, in turn, become institutions themselves in need of overthrowing. Even Machievalli pointed this out over 500 years ago.

I don't know if there's a solution...

Let's hope WSGI suffers from this some day- it'll mean we have been successful!

Just read the new "asset-tracking" agreement. It's kinda scary considering that WSGI couldn't track their own asset at Ft. Polk!

I spoke with a WLT manager who told me that one of WLT's big problem is that analysts see "coal" and think Energy Stock when WLT is not an energy stock. It should be lumped in with steel. BUT...when energy stock plunge so does WLT. For that reason.

I used to play this for $10 and $20 swings between a Friday and a Tuesday. In the $20/shr and $30/shr range. Again in the $60s and $70s. I had sold and was waiting for the drop when the d@mn thing went to $140! Missed that one! Still made some good $$$ tho'.

Yeah, me, too! If only I'da sold then!!!

AH form t's are back. At least is shows as a buy.

Yeah, but the WLT employees I know say the steel industry is a long way from recovery. They tell me to buy only if I am willing to hold it for a good while! There is a glut of coke. As I have said before, when you drive past the mines, there is a LOT of coal piling up outside. There are 5 or 6 tugboats tied up outside the tugboat company's headquarters right now. When coal is selling, there are never any tugs tied up sitting idle!

That's a barometer for me. IMO.

I wonder

if we're applying enough baksheesh to swing these DoD procurement folks around to our product....

You KNOW it works that way!

SOF: Amen to all that! My ATT experiences have been similar.

JIEDDO Testing 'Blimp In A Box' In Exercises With Soldiers At Ft. Polk

Posted on InsideDefense.com: September 9, 2013

A blimp that can be mounted to a truck bed or trailer to capture surveillance data on the move is being tested in a series of exercises at Ft. Polk, LA, for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, according to the blimp's manufacturer.

The "Blimp in a Box" is an aerostat system that can be deployed in 15 minutes. Using a highly stabilized camera, the system can provide important intelligence to troops on the ground while moving, Dan Erdberg, head of business development at World Surveillance Group Inc., told Inside the Army in an interview last month. The ability to use a surveillance blimp while it is moving rapidly through an area makes the system "unique," he added. "We don't believe there is anything like this available."

The blimp can operate at a range of altitudes up to 2,000 feet and its camera can "see" up to 30 miles away, he added.

Looking for capabilities that would support the warfighter in defeating improvised explosive devices, JIEDDO sought out the company and requested the systems, Erdberg noted. JIEDDO awarded a sole-source contract for two of the systems for $605,000 and World Surveillance Group delivered the first system in April and the second in May. The company has been training soldiers on how to deploy the blimps at Ft. Polk in advance of live exercises designed to evaluate the systems.

With the camera on the blimp, "you are able to decipher the difference between someone digging a hole in the ground or if it's a person with a gun or if it's a person with a donkey. You are able to use it for force protection, to look for disturbed earth" -- evidence of roadside bombs -- "or route clearing," Erdberg stated. The system could also be used as a deterrent if the blimps are flown near a forward operating base or used as "an eye in the sky" for patrols about to go into a new town or province, he added.

The systems JIEDDO has purchased are mounted on a trailer towed by a humvee or a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, but the company has an "air-droppable" option that can fit into an airdrop crate and then mounted onto any standard military trailer in theater or bolted into the back of a pickup truck, according to Erdberg.

The system requires a minimum of two soldiers to deploy it. The soldiers pump helium into the aerostat and, once it is inflated, use a remote control to operate a winch that releases the tether at variable speeds, Erdberg said. All power and data communications are provided through the tether, he noted.

The system can fly for about 24 hours before a small amount of helium leaks out, he noted. The system comes with a hose to top-off the helium and re-inflate the balloon within four minutes.

The company is not sure how long the evaluation at Ft. Polk will last, according to Erdberg, but "following these exercises, we hope that the program could continue to grow."

World Surveillance Group has also provided Army Space and Missile Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO, with two systems that have a communications package instead of an ISR payload. The purpose is to extend the range of soldier communications, Erdberg said.

In addition, the company has supported the Rapid Equipping Force's Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS) program -- providing winches and control systems but not complete packages, he said.

The REF has tested a wide variety of aerostats over the last few years. Most recently, it evaluated six STMPAS aerostats at multiple locations in Afghanistan. STMPAS is manufactured by Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc., consists of several optional ISR payloads developed by Georgia Tech Research Institute, and is attached to a Helikite (ITA, May 13). --Jen Judson

(maybe they found it!)

Yes,

and a camel is what you get when a committee designs a horse (nothing against camels as they have their place, too.)

Ferdinand Porsche didn't care for group design either and look what he created, just saying...

"single genius/single partner" worked OK for Kelly Johnson...

News!

Company NewsWorld Surveillance Group Establishes Consortium Teaming Agreement to Further Develop and Commercialize Argus One AirshipDownload PDF
Argus One Development Program to Be Relocated to Springfield, OhioKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 08/29/13 -- World Surveillance Group Inc. (OTCQB: WSGI), a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems ("UAS"), has signed a teaming agreement with three other companies to establish a consortium to further develop and commercialize its Argus One lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicle. As part of the agreement, the Argus One development program will be relocated to Springfield, Ohio from its current location in Easton, Maryland. The parties will also assist the Ohio/Indiana UAS Test Center by fostering the growth of Ohio as a preeminent aerospace and UAS center.

In addition to World Surveillance Group, the initial partners in the consortium are: The Trident Group, Ltd., based in Dublin, Ohio ("Trident"), EWA Government Systems, Inc., based in Herndon, VA and with an office in Dayton, Ohio ("EWA GSI") and Advanced Virtual Engine Test Cell, Inc., based in Springfield, Ohio ("Avetec"). Additional partners are expected to join the consortium in the future.

Glenn D. Estrella, President and CEO of World Surveillance Group, stated, "The creation of this consortium is a vital step in the continuing development of the Argus One airship. Via the consortium, we will be able to reap the benefits of our partners' technical expertise in moving this project forward. Another benefit of the relocation of the Argus One program is the close proximity to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and various major defense contractors and research institutes that are located in the surrounding area. Meanwhile, it will also allow World Surveillance to maintain an in-house focus on our Blimp in a Box™ aerostat system and various other projects."

"Trident's confidence in the Ohio LTA UAS Consortium is based on the Consortium's proven and strong credentialed team members, and the dedication of all members to create a low, mid, and high-altitude lighter than air UAS industry in Ohio," said Drew West, CEO and President of The Trident Group, Ltd.

Doug Armstrong, President and CEO of EWA GSI stated, "We made a strategic decision to invest in Ohio to support the Air Force and the Ohio/Indiana UAS Test Center and we are pleased to be involved in the Ohio LTA UAS Research, Development and Commercialization Consortium."

Greg Carter, Director of Air Force Programs at EWA GSI added, "Our participation in the Consortium will be a great opportunity to support WSGI with engineering and test expertise as well as advance Ohio as a UAS leader."

"Avetec is eager to explore the possibility of using our core competency of modeling and simulation to assist WSGI with their goal of developing unmanned stratospheric airships in Ohio," stated James Mainord, Avetec Business Development and Legal Director.

The Argus One LTA UAV is designed to operate at mid-altitudes (10,000 to 20,000 foot) and represents a unique patent pending airship design. The airship is designed to be equipped with a stabilization system that autonomously controls the level of rigidity of the airship in flight with an integrated payload bay designed to be capable of initially carrying high-technology sensors, cameras or electronics packages.

As part of the agreement, Trident is responsible for the transfer of the Argus One airship and all related equipment to the new Ohio facility.

For additional information about WSGI, please visit www.wsgi.com.

About World Surveillance Group Inc.

World Surveillance Group Inc. (WSGI) designs, develops, markets and sells lighter-than-air advanced aerostats and UAS capable of carrying payloads that provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ("ISR"), security and/or wireless communications solutions at low and mid altitudes. WSGI's aerial assets are designed for integration with electronics systems and other high technology payloads for use by government-related and commercial entities that require real-time ISR or communications support for military, homeland defense, border control, drug interdiction, natural disaster relief, maritime and environmental missions. For more information regarding WSGI, please visit www.wsgi.com, or view our reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on http://www.sec.gov.

About The Trident Group, Ltd.

The Trident Group Limited is a security services company providing several categories of security-related support to government and private sector entities. As a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business it receives preferential consideration on federal contract bidding. Its subsidiary, Trident Aerial Recon LLC, has developed and provided unmanned aerial system support, consultation and training to different government and academic clients with particular emphasis on Micro Aerial Vehicles. It has formal and informal working relationships with many governmental, academic and corporate partners in the United States and abroad, including the Ohio/Indiana UAS Test Center based in Springfield, Ohio.

About EWA Government Systems, Inc.

EWA Government Systems, Inc. (EWA GSI), headquartered in Herndon, VA and with offices nationwide, provides products and services to government and commercial markets in engineering, intelligence support, homeland security, special programs, EW operational technology, test & evaluation, and training. Our extensive range of capabilities also includes cockpit simulators, radar simulators, radar design and development, range instrumentation, and wireless applications.

EWA GSI also specializes in software and hardware systems design, systems engineering, development and integration, producing a wide range of digital signal processing products and applications, and training systems to include mission rehearsal systems, computer and web based training, and immersion training. EWA GSI has an established EW Center of Excellence, offers secure engineering and IT labs, and features a Cyber Test Range.

About Advanced Virtual Engine Test Cell, Inc.

Avetec is a public benefit research organization that specializes in providing world-class research, technical computing, and education and workforce opportunities. Avetec's mission is to solve complex challenges critical to American innovation in defense systems, modeling and simulation, data intensive computing, energy, cyber security, and workforce development, allowing its clients to compete in the global market. Avetec accomplishes its mission through three pillar programs: Applied Research, Applied Technical Computing, and Education/Workforce Development. Through these programs, Avetec is working to advance research and initiate educational partnerships to prepare a skilled future workforce.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements. These statements include those regarding the Company's relationship with Trident, EWA GSI, Avetec and other future consortium members, the ability of the consortium members to further develop and/or commercialize the Argus One, the future location of the Argus One program, the consortium members' ability to either assist the Ohio/Indian UAS Test Center or foster the growth of Ohio as a premiere aerospace and UAS center, the addition of any new consortium members, any potential benefits of the relocation, the Company's ability to benefit from the consortium members skills or expertise, the consortium's ability to develop unmanned stratospheric airships, the expected payloads or systems to be carried on the Argus One, the suitability of the Argus One for any particular application, the ability of the Argus One to satisfy customer demands or requirements or meet any specific challenges, the ability of the Argus One to function in accordance with its design expectations, the novelty of the Argus One's design, the further advancement, development or commercialization of the Company's other products, the capabilities, characteristics and advantages of, and costs related to, the Company's technology, products and services, and the ability of the Company to execute on its strategies or to accomplish any of its goals or objectives. The words "forecast," "project," "intend," "expect," "plan, " "should," "would," and similar expressions and all statements, which are not historical facts, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, any of which could cause the Company to not achieve some or all of its goals or the Company's previously reported actual results, performance (finance or operating) to change or differ from future results, performance (financing and operating) or achievements, including those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no, and hereby disclaims any, obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.

Source: World Surveillance Group Inc.

Released August 29, 2013
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WLT needs somebody to make some steel! The coal is just piling up at the mines. Autos? Bridges? Nobody's making anything that needs steel...or the coke to make steel...or the coal to make the coke!

Out of curiosity, have

we had any of those huge AH "form t" trades since the lawsuit with LJ was announced? I haven't noticed any...

Let's hope it doesn't go below...!

Here are two thinkgs that piqued my interest:

"Received follow-on orders for additional services and
upgrades to the Army’s SMDC systems to support their
mission of providing long range secure communications."

"Received an order from Eglin Air Force Base for a trailer
based winch system with two aerostats due to be delivered
in August"

Over, it would be great if you could do a as-many-pages-as-it-takes synopsis on everything discussed at meeting. Thanks, WW

I hope the lawyers took this on contingency, otherwise we'll have to PAY them...with what?

How come everybody but mamagement saw this La Jolla thing coming? Duh!

"You lay down with dogs, you wake up..."

This COMPANY is a scream! IMO.

WW Jr.- What a scream! LOL!

"New" WW??

howwierd: Me, too! I have wondered for years just exactly what these people have been doing for us. I mean, do they get to work on time and what, exactly, do they do all day? Anybody else, you or I, for example, and we'd know we'd pull an eight-hour day, but these folks? What the hell do they do in a given day? And do for us, the ordinary shareholder?

So far, I'm not terribly impressed! Some other posters here are all gushy about these folks, but me, no!

I've been here for a verrrrrry long time awaiting some sign that SOMEBODY gives a crap about being successful. I haven't seen any thing like that. Argus? What happened with that?! Lost BiB? Still no word from our "leaders" about that either!

Cole is right! This IS still a scam! IMO!