World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

[Renaissance]

"“This is one of the few places remaining in the country that has hangars the size we need,” said Bert Race, manager of the military’s only operational airship, the Navy’s MZ-3A. Based on a commercial airship design, the 178-foot blimp was itself nearly grounded last March when the program ran out of military research customers who pay to test equipment in the air."

"Race landed a new contract with the Army to test surveillance, communication and other equipment for Army aircraft – including the LEMV, which is running a year behind schedule and just had its first 90-minute test flight Aug. 7. “We had a close call with running out of funds,” but the Army is committed to testing through March 2013 and the program is pursuing more future customers, Race said."

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20121018/NJNEWS/310180048/Airships-rise?odyssey=nav%7Chead

IMO this is telling when you think of the timeframes that the Argus was being tested. The army had a free platform to use.