Lockheed P-791

[plutonico10]

I like this

[Mtron1000]

America, land of the fat

[Jjames763]

@JoshTehVideoMaker

Originally P-791 was intended to be the Army's high altitude LEMV spy airship. But they lost the contract to a different airship and now they are repurposing the P-791 as the "SkyTug", a very small cargo airship for the frigid North Canadian wilderness. It would carry 20 tons(like a C-130). It'll fly by 2012. In 2014 they plan to sell the "SkyFreighter" line, 50 tons of payload but still quite miniature for a blimp.

[JoshTehVideoMaker]

why the hell would we make this

[tri400]

@JoshTehVideoMaker um, it has civilian applications as well

[heliumblimp]

Hi folks, When you watch the final approach and landing you can see a classic example of a dutch roll instability problem, followed by an oscillation between the hoverskirts on the ground. That might have been a large part of the reason why the US DoD awarded the 517 million LEMV contract to Northrop Grumman and Hybrid Air Vehicles from England, who are now building three HAV 304's for the US Army. First flight will be late summer. Regards JB ( 3w hybridairship dott net)

[jepkratz]

Seriously need these in Astan. Longer term area observation/loiter/recon than predator/reaper, or even satellites, and with larger strike payload, ie hellfires. Also, why not low collateral damage GPS 100 or 200 lb bombs? Less expensive than hellfires for taliban occupied mud hut removal! Would need good EW, stealth fabric, and countermeasures to shoulder SAMs though.

[radbcc]

What is max operating height for this vehicle? Can this be used for carrying fuel? What is max operating load? PM me if you prefer. I have ideas on how to get this into US govt quickly...

[ejzen11]

Ok......now we have a new Roswell.......more 40 years explaining to a bunch of paranoids that it was a test plane......

[Starwarsfan1guy]

THOSE aRE THREE SPECIALIZED DILDOS PUT TOGETHER WITH HOW GLUE

[JonBoating]

That looks like my ex-girlfriend

[Floatograph]

It's the Stay Pufft Marshmallow Man!

[Phosphorus16]

All those; "When pigs fly" promises will have to be done now =D.

[gedster314]

With that music you would think the thing would be a Transformer or at least rain down some sort of horror. I guess it would be impossible to get funding from the military if it was happy music. 

[xXSkylineR33Xx]

soooo......whats it gonna be used for?

[MokomaSusi]

@xXSkylineR33Xx

Spying. And perhaps (if everything goes right) in future to haul cargo.

[xXSkylineR33Xx]

@MokomaSusi but how could someone not see a huge balloon thing over their heads? That would be a weird and obvious way of spying. I think we should just keep using stealth and speed for spying......but it would be really good for hauling cargo. :)

[xXSkylineR33Xx]

@MokomaSusi ohhh ok..........thanks for the info! :)

[TheATheme]

It is a dream for all Americans! large Hotdog! Do not forget to paint it and add the ketchup!

[snateraar]

A...flying pig??

[furyofbongos]

Before long these will be hovering over U.S. cities keeping us "safe".

[AnotherP45]

Behold, a weapon of mass..

[rayhsu1]

What will it look like if remove the background music?

[rayhsu1]

What will it look like if remove the background music?

[Ibepappaya]

cool concept but....

OMG WHY?!?!

547 Million to build this? for SURVEILLANCE?

this is just all wrong. Morally wrong.

US is in debt and everyone is suffering from the cuts. That money was needed HERE in the US. Not there in afghanistan. What a waste. What a shame.

[impulsive2urge]

oh i love the design!! looks so mammoth!

[incredone]

Now I don't have to sit with fat people! They get there own plane!!!

[beatchildproductions]

man after watching this, i knew reading the comments would be equally as funny!!!

[paranoidboytoy]

the stay puff marshmallow man wants his foot back

[aghachi]

i just dont get it. we have some crazy shit like this against people in sandals. how aren't we done over there already???

is the enemy getting more complicated as we do?

[Panczekolada]

It's silly and cute XD

[specialedition70]

thunderbird 2

[lebensraummetal]

hahahahahahah

[tubbi88]

Nice waste of money building that "thing".

[MokomaSusi]

How is this waste?

[soapy05]

I'm guessing the body produces some lift? aka, does the airship have to keep moving to stay up?

[lebensraummetal]

yeah but if it stops it wont fall fast enough to cause harm.

[TSCOTTMILLER]

I think it is big, bad and beautiful.

[lebensraummetal]

watching it while listening to "America, Fuck Yeah" is probably the best thing ive done in weeks.

[aghachi]

ahahah thank you so much for the idea!!!!!!! coudlnt stop laughinggggg

[jimsottile]

Cool tech - but so fucking hilarious. It looks like to fat guys in tight pants pulling a freaking train on each other. They should have definitely rethought the music. LOL but I hope it helps soldiers in remote parts of Afghanistan.

[champitadub]

airwhale!!!!

[champitadub]

with nubs as feet

[SSrb1099]

It looks like a brain.

[654jimbob654]

Looks just like it did in the early concepts.

[Kerrville911Truth]

Are you kidding me? What the hell. Taxpayer money funding psychopathic killers and their stupid toys.

How about a positive invention for once.

Lockheed Martin, GO TO HELL, you pieces of trash.

[87ramasaurus]

I sadly agree...

[dammitdexter]

It looks like a simple bullet can just pop it.

[Colerosity]

Did anyone else just think of Saumus' ship from Metroid?

[legobit]

Michelin will sue for sure.. Make a flying Michelin man with small balls is not so nice ;P (see from behind when it's about to land)

[millerco]

This thing is a tremendous development. This thing is like an accountant, not real interesting but super important. It can perform many of the same functions as an AWACS (also a snoozer) but stay on station for weeks at a time. While it may look real conspicuous, keep in mind that it operates five miles up in the sky and I am sure using current sensor technology can probably read newspapers fifty miles away.

Just 'cuz it ain't sexy don't mean it ain't useful.

[SendMeLies]

Wow.

In America even aircrafts are obese?

[lughcious]

Americans are fattening up for the slaughter.

[AnYungPS3]

Not even the most epic music can save this from the pits of lulz.

...but hey if it works then that's what matters I guess.

[friggerDrCube]

the epic music adds to the lulz imo

[agayali]

looks like a hot air balloon to me. Is it really for spying?? Its so very much noticeable. False video, i believe.

[youtert]

This thing is useless until we develop the Persuadertron.

[telepilota]

Just as the Lockheed A-12 Blackbird was protected by nothing more than physics (moving at the speed of a bullet at very high altitudes, several hundred missiles fired after it) there is just no bullet that will reach 20 000 feet. Forget RPGs etc., what you need is advanced SAM capabilities and once you deploy this fat blob those have presumably been bombed to bits long before. Weird but interesting

[shamweb]

эта машина skynet? :D ))

[heynerd]

Stay Puft

[Ckomma]

Even though it can be shot down with a single bullet, it looks scary as fuck. Psychological warfare near its best.

[c6gunner]

Scary? It looks like a fat guy taking a dump.

[MokomaSusi]

"Even though it can be shot down with a single bullet"

Simply not true.

[tomkcheng]

I come from the future.

War will just be UAV against UAV, and thus will be reduced to two sides throwing money at each other.

[Santatonline]

this wnt work they will shoot it down with a surplus soviet rocket it wont even have to explode it will just have to hit it and the momentum will destroy it

[ffsallnamestaken]

And another war machine is born..

[flyingmagiccarpet]

Totally unsuitable for war: Slow-moving = easy target.

Impossible to protect from hits as built with a very thin hull.

But it might be a nice sightseeing-cruiseship!

[sevendarkdays]

not over afghanistan :P

[Kakalugia]

usually i see something like that i go WOW! but when i saw this .. NICE ASS

[RabbiMarsChen]

Someone call Princess Leia--she's lost a bun.

[iraleecantellia]

I was expecting a different soundtrack — "Flight of the Valkyrie" would have sufficed.

[ylojelo]

its the stay-puft marshmellow man

[johnsoncm65]

I dated a girl once whose backside later ended up looking just about like that.  Maybe a bit bigger.

[niepce38]

Wow, you could never eat as much as you would like to vomit.

[agulikers]

This one is likely to be a quarter-scale of a heavy-lifter.

.. These are going to be massive.

[arsedisco]

Oh the humanity!

[endlessjoel]

Yo mama's butt so big...

[wentworthmiller]

anyone please, what is the name of the song? :O

[BerKut73]

You can download only the song with atube catcher. Good Luck!

[darkstarver]

Bombastic, by John Williams

[Aldurnamiyanrandvora]

@wentworthmiller Shazam, the app

[drawmonkey3000]

Would work better to "Baby Got Back".

[DFTricks]

It's like a GIGANTIC white HOT DOG.

[RojoFuton]

that was epic!

[FoxThree]

horrible, looks like it was brought from one of the metal gear series :D cheer's lad, thanks for posting.

[Charrualoco]

The Air Tick!! :P