World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

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Today’s Blimps tomorrow’s AirDragon? More from the NYT at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/washington/18border.html?pagewanted=2&th&emc=th

May 18, 2006 Seeking to Control Borders, Bush Turns to Big Military Contractors
By ERIC LIPTON
WASHINGTON, May 17 — The quick fix may involve sending in the National Guard. But to really patch up the broken border, President Bush is preparing to turn to a familiar administration partner: the nation's giant military contractors.
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, three of the largest, are among the companies that said they would submit bids within two weeks for a multibillion-dollar federal contract to build what the administration calls a "virtual fence" along the nation's land borders.......
.....The tools of modern warfare must be brought to bear. That means devices like the Tethered Aerostat Radar, a helium-filled airship made for the Air Force by Lockheed Martin that is twice the size of the Goodyear Blimp. Attached to the ground by a cable, the airship can hover overhead and automatically monitor any movement night or day. (One downside: it cannot operate in high winds.)
blimp at: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/05/17/washington/0518-nat-webBORDERch.190.jpg