In Russia, cargo airships capable of carrying up to 30–50 tons of payload may appear in the future. This was announced by Polina Albek, CEO and founder of the aviation design bureau "Pervyy Dirizhabl".
According to her, the project's development involves a gradual increase in the size of aircraft. The starting point could be tethered aerostats designed to carry cargo weighing about 300–500 kilograms. The next stage could be transport airships capable of lifting tens of tons.
Albek also believes that increasing the size of aerostatic vehicles is a more effective solution than creating drones of similar carrying capacity. In her estimation, the lift of airships allows for the transportation of heavy cargo, which cannot be achieved by other aircraft of this class.
Such machines can be used to deliver oversized cargo to remote areas where the use of traditional aviation or the construction of transport infrastructure is associated with high costs.
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