citro n petro hydraulic hybrid air engine see psa peugeot citro n hybrid air hybrid air vehicles type limited industry aviation predecessor skycat group ltd founded 2007 ; 9 years ago 2007 founder roger munk headquarters raf cardington united kingdom area served worldwide key people philip gwyn chairman stephen mcglennan chief executive products airlander 10 website www.hybridairvehicles.com hybrid air vehicles limited is a british manufacturer of hybrid airships . these aircraft use both aerodynamics and lighter than air lta technology to generate lift potentially allowing the vehicle to stay aloft for several weeks . 1 the company developed the hav 3 technology demonstrator . this won it the us army lemv contract in association with northrop grumman as the prime contractor and led to the hav 304 . following termination of the lemv project the hav 304 was rebuilt as the airlander 10 . it is the largest aircraft flying today . contents 1 history 1.1 origins 1.2 multi hull airships 2 aircraft 2.1 hav 3 2.2 hav 304 lemv 2.3 airlander 10 2.4 airlander 50 3 references 4 external links history edit origins edit main article airship industries hav is the latest in a line of companies to acquire and develop airship technologies in the uk . aerospace developments was formed in 1971 and since then its assets have passed through successive companies airship developments airship industries westinghouse airships airship technologies advanced technologies group atg and immediately preceding hav the skycat group which folded in 2007 . during this period a number of airships and hybrids were built . multi hull airships edit hybrid air vehicles was formed in 2007 by roger munk . 2 it acquired the assets of the skycat group and established itself at cardington airfield bedfordshire uk . the company developed the hav 3 technology demonstrator . in partnership with northrop grumman ngc as prime contractor in 2009 it won a us 500 million us army contract to develop a long endurance multi intelligence vehicle lemv which was delivered between 2009 and early 2013 . hybrid air vehicles designed developed and manufactured the hav 304 aircraft for the lemv project with ngc acting as the prime contractor and sensor system integrator . 3 on august 7 2012 a successful 90 minute test flight took place in lakehurst new jersey . 4 the lemv project was cancelled in february 2013 . 5 hybrid air vehicles took the opportunity to buy back the envelope and associated materials which they returned to the uk for conversion to the civilian airlander 10 . 6 7 in 2014 it was unveiled in cardington . it is reported as the world s largest aircraft . 7 8 one investor bruce dickinson better known as a member of the heavy metal group iron maiden has announced plans to fly twice around the world nonstop . 9 aircraft edit the hav 3 scale demonstrator hav 3 edit the hav 3 craft was a 50 feet 15 m long remote controlled scale demonstrator based on the skycat concept . 10 registered as g ohav company serial hav 3 001 it was built in 2008 . 11 its first flight was in september 2008 at raf cardington . 12 it was retired in 2010 following receipt of the lemv contract . 13 hav 304 lemv edit main article hybrid air vehicles hav 304 airlander 10 the hav 304 was developed for the us military lemv project . airlander 10 edit main article hybrid air vehicles hav 304 airlander 10 following cancellation of the lemv project hav bought back the hav 304 returned it to the uk and converted it for civilian use as the airlander 10 . airlander 10 is 92 metres 302 ft long 44 metres 144 ft wide and 26 metres 85 ft high . the airlander 10 landed nose down on august 24 2016 during its second test flight on the cardington airfield in bedfordshire causing damage to the enveloped and crew gondola . 14 airlander 50 edit the airlander 50 is a proposed larger transport craft with a 50 tonne payload . 15 16 references edit the new vehicle set to revolutionise the skies bbc 4 january 2011 jeffrey roger 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retrieved 18 april 2014 gabriel alexander khoury editor airship technology cambridge university press 2012 isbn 978 1 107 01970 6 p. 471 northrop wins race to revive hybrid airships with 517 million order . flight global . 14 june 2010 . https www.theguardian.com uk news 2016 aug 24 worlds biggest aircraft crashes bedfordshire airlander 10 carter claire 28 february 2014 . world s largest aircraft unveiled and hailed game changer . www.telegraph.co.uk . telegraph media group limited . retrieved 27 february 2014 . morrison murdo 4 mar 2014 in focus hav s hybrid airship takes shape at cardington flight international flightglobal subscription required help external links edit company home page gary elliott interview us congress budget office report on military airship programmes outlining plans v t e aerospace industry in the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom manufacturing in the united kingdom companies current ad aerospace agustawestland airbus uk astrium satellites surrey 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