The War Zone
• Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Aerostar high-altitude balloons repurposed as persistent “drone motherships” for wide-area surveillance and on-demand strike
Aerostar is turning stratosphere-lifting balloons into high-altitude platforms for drone operations, enabling persistent surveillance over vast areas. The concept also supports attack-on-demand, positioning high-altitude aerostats as a cost-sensitive alternative to continuous air or space-based coverage for targeting.
