This report documents the impact of containerization on amphibious warfare, reviews the state of current lighter-than-air technology, traces the development of the commercial Balloon Transport System, summarizes the military development efforts at discharging containers using a balloon transport system, and makes specific recommendations for the implementation and further development of a Navy Balloon Transport Facility (NBTF) which is designed to remove containers from non-self-sustaining containerships, transport them to the shore and deposit them in staging/handling areas inside the amphibious area of operations. (Author)


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Tethered Balloon Transport System: A Proposal


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    229 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    TETHERED BALLOON

    LUKUTTSOV ANDREJ ALBERTOVICH / BULDAKOV ALEKSANDR NIKOLAEVICH / ROZOV VIKTOR ALEKSEEVICH et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    Tethered Balloon Handbook

    P. F. Myers | NTIS | 1968


    Two Tethered Balloon Systems

    Youngbluth, Otto / Owens, Thomas L. / Storey, Richard W. | NTRS | 1990


    Sub-Orbital Tethered Balloon Launch System

    Curley, William W. | AIAA | 2014


    Definition of Tethered Balloon Systems

    P. F. Myers / J. J. Vorachek | NTIS | 1971