Airship do Brasil

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Airship do Brasil
TypePrivate
IndustryAerospace
Founded2005 (2005)
HeadquartersSão Carlos, São Paulo,
22°00′07″S 47°52′04″W / 22.001944°S 47.867778°W / -22.001944; -47.867778
Key people
Marcelo Felippes
ProductsBlimps

Airship do Brasil, commonly shortened to ADB, was a Brazilian privately owned São Paulo-based company that is the only manufacturer of blimps in the Latin America.[1] It manufactures the hardware and rigging for the Lightship and Spector brands of airships.[1] In 2018, Airship do Brasil and Buoyant Aircraft Systems International, a Canadian airships manufacturer, signed a partnership agreement to expand the industry.[2]

Models

ADB was founded in 2005 by the former Brazilian Army officer Marcelo Felippes. The company's lightships (proprietary blimps) are the ADB-1 and ADB-2, as well as the ADB-3-3, The company has also developed captive surveillance balloons.[1]

In 2009, it launched the ADB-1 and ADB-2 series, radio-controlled unmanned airships.[3]

In 2017, it launched the largest airship ever produced by the company, and also the largest ever made in Latin America, the ADB-3-X01.[1] In december 2020, the model is going through the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil certification process.[4]

In 2024, ceased its operations due lack of investiments.

São Paulo Facilities

The location has a 20,000-square-metre (220,000 sq ft) facility at São Carlos.[5]

See also

References

  1. Mark Piesing (11 July 2017). "Can a new airship unlock the Amazon?". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. "Winnipeg airship business signs MOU with Brazilian company". CBC News. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. Thiago Vinholes (19 June 2021). "Além da Embraer: Conheça outras fabricantes que produzem aviões e drones no país (in Portuguese)". CNN Brasil. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. Erich Samueth. "La empresa brasileira Airship inicia la etapa de vuelos de su dirigible ADB-3-3 (in Spanish)". infodefensa. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  5. Júlia Merker. "Airship: R$ 200 mi em fábrica de dirigíveis (in Portuguese)". Baguete. Retrieved 22 August 2021.