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TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... iLighter-Than-Air Vehicle Classifications ................................................................................... iiAerostats ...................................................................................................................................... iiAirships ...................................................................................................................................... ivPREFACE ......................................................................................................................................... 1PURPOSE ......................................................................................................................................... 3Methodology ............................................................................................................................... 3INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 5Background ................................................................................................................................. 5Vehicle Classification ................................................................................................................. 6Aerostats .................................................................................................................................. 6Airships .................................................................................................................................... 7Military Applications .................................................................................................................. 8ISR ........................................................................................................................................... 8Airlift ....................................................................................................................................... 9Current DoD Usage ..................................................................................................................... 9AEROSTAT PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................. 11Aerostat Test Bed (ATB) .......................................................................................................... 13Altus .......................................................................................................................................... 15Joint Land Attach Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) ............. 18Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems (PGSS) ..................................................................... 21Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) ............................................................................. 24Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) .............................................................................. 27Rapidly Elevated Aerostat Platforms XL B (REAP XL B) ...................................................... 29Small, Tactical, Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS)................................................... 32Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS)................................................................................. 34AIRSHIP PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................... 37Blue Devil 2 .............................................................................................................................. 40High-Altitude Long Endurance-Demonstrator (HALE-D) ....................................................... 43HiSentinel .................................................................................................................................. 45TOC