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The Aircraft "SkyFreighter"

SkyFreighter will create a paradigm shift in the aviation and trans-oceanic freight industry with the ability to transport most any product almost anywhere on the globe safely and quickly and most importantly, at very low cost.

The large cargo bay will allow fully assembled equipment to be transported intact from its point of fabrication to its point of final destination. This eliminates the need, as required today, to break down the equipment, ship by truck or railroad to an ocean going vessel or plane, transport to a major port and then reversed on the other end of the transportation circuit. While a plane can get the disassembled equipment from one airport to another in a day, the total time from one end of the transportation circuit to the other end is sometimes months with potential problems of lost cargo, security violations, damaged pieces, and at less overall costs.

CURRENT DEMAND

Millennium Airship continues to work closely with countries and companies, both foreign and domestic, concerning their interest in leasing our hybrid heavy lift aircraft.  The quantity of demand is ever increasing and we are convinced that once our initial aircraft is flown the demand will increase even more.  Currently, the estimated requirement for the 50-70 ton capacity hybrid heavy lift aircraft exceeds 250 and the 500 ton capacity aircraft demand is currently over 80. This demand covers cargo transportation and other missions such as: oil exploration and drilling, pipelines, mining, timber extraction, forest fire suppression, supply/re-supply of communities in isolated areas (Arctic regions), humanitarian missions (catastrophic, rebuilding devastated areas, training, and sustaining), passenger and tourism.

Key Features

  • Hybrid, semi-rigid, amphibious, VTOL hybrid heavy lift aircraft
  • Can haul 500 plus tons
  • Point-to-point virtually anywhere on the globe
  • Speeds averaging 100 mph for 6000 miles unrefueled
  • ITAMMS provides VTOL, hover at any altitude, controllability at any altitude
  • Today's state of the art computer, propulsion, and advanced materials technology
  • Helium and or vacuum lifting gases
  • Fly-by-wire, computer controlled operation through all flight regimes
  • Operates from land or water
  • Easy on and off loading through front, back and side doors
  • Air cargo - specializing in oversized, heavy cargo
  • Low cost alternative to aircraft and faster than ships
  • External ballast not required during on or off loading of cargo
  • Air and sea port infrastructure not required

 


M i l i t a r y

DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency)
WALRUS PROJECT

"Fort to the Fight" Unit of Action - At a meeting organized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, JCS J-4 Mobility Division in April 2001 at the Pentagon, the desire for a prototype demonstration of "SkyFreighter" was requested by all branches attending. We fully believe this airship and it's unique capabilities will provide our Armed Forces with a "mission" diverse transport that can get the troops, armor and supplies to the point of conflict. And, provide Homeland Security Agency with a smaller version of "SkyFreighter" for Extended Duration (3 days) Maritime Coastal Patrol and Drug Interdiction. The military requires an air vehicle that can lift 500 plus tons, cruise at 100 mph, travel 12000 miles in 7 days, and fly at altitudes up to 20,000 feet. The Millennium Airship, Inc DARPA Proposal was mailed on March 30 to DARPA. Even though the DARPA project has been cancelled for now, all branches of the military and Homeland Security have definite requirements for this aircraft.

Benefits
  • Because of its massive lifting capacity, SkyFreighter can  bring the "Fort to the Fight."
  • SkyFreighter can land almost anywhere, land or sea. No airport or ground support required.
  • Unlike all other airships, SkyFreighter does not need ballast transference when loading or unloading.

 

C o m m e r c i a l

The commercial sector of our economy also requires an aircraft, such as the SkyFreighter, to augment the already burdened sea and air cargo business. SkyFreighter is especially adept to carrying fully assembled, outsized, and bulky cargo at speeds up to 100 mph and up to 6,000 miles unrefueled. The air vehicles will come in at least two sizes of lift capability: 50 ton and 500 ton. View Specifications  The SkyFreighter fits very nicely in a niche between sea going vessels, which are much slower and can carry more tonnage, and the air craft, which are faster but limited in tonnage and size of cargo. It is anticipated the commercial prototype aircraft design will start in late summer 2007.

The need for an ultra heavy lift aircraft is growing throughout the world. News and magazine articles are becoming more frequent. Currently, we are working with at least three potential large investors to obtain funds necessary to launch the design, fabrication and certification of a 50 ton lift vehicle; as well as building the necessary production facilities.

Benefits
  • Augment already burdened air cargo annual shipment of 15 billion revenue tons, which will more than double in next 20 years.;
  • Does not require sea and air port infrastructures;
  • Can operate with vertical take off and landing in and out of third world countries;
  • Could provide tremendous positive impact to humanitarian efforts throughout the world.;
  • Will provide a lower cost option of transporting cargo world wide, point to point.;  


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