Company 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]
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]
The location has a 20,000-square-metre (220,000 sq ft) facility at São Carlos. [5]
Company 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]
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]
The location has a 20,000-square-metre (220,000 sq ft) facility at São Carlos. [5]