Company:Airship do Brasil
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | São Carlos, São Paulo, [ ⚑ ] : 22°00′07″S 47°52′04″W / 22.001944°S 47.867778°W |
Key people | Marcelo Felippes |
| Products | Blimps |
Airship do Brasil, commonly shortened to ADB, is 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]
São Paulo Facilities
The location has a 20,000-square-metre (220,000 sq ft) facility at São Carlos.[5]
See also
- Santa Cruz Air Force Base
- Bartolomeu de Gusmão
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mark Piesing. "Can a new airship unlock the Amazon?". BBC. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170711-can-brazil-bring-the-airship-back-from-the-dead.
- ↑ "Winnipeg airship business signs MOU with Brazilian company". CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/airship-manitoba-brazil-mou-1.4571955.
- ↑ Thiago Vinholes. "Além da Embraer: Conheça outras fabricantes que produzem aviões e drones no país (in Portuguese)". CNN Brasil. https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/business/alem-da-embraer-conheca-outras-fabricantes-que-produzem-avioes-no-brasil/.
- ↑ Erich Samueth. "La empresa brasileira Airship inicia la etapa de vuelos de su dirigible ADB-3-3 (in Spanish)". infodefensa. https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2020/12/10/noticia-empresa-brasilera-airship-inicia-etapa-vuelos-dirigible-adb33.html.
- ↑ Júlia Merker. "Airship: R$ 200 mi em fábrica de dirigíveis (in Portuguese)". Baguete. https://www.baguete.com.br/noticias/22/09/2014/airship-r-200-mi-em-fabrica-de-dirigiveis.
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