We own the platforms, we own the radar, and we own the sustainment tail. That is unusual in this industry — and it is the whole point.
Most lighter-than-air work is brokered — one company designs, another builds, a third flies it and a fourth keeps it running. Every hand-off is a seam where schedule and accountability leak away. Skyship Services does all four. When a government customer calls, one company answers for the whole program.
Skyship Services, Inc. established to design, build and operate lighter-than-air systems.
Acquired approximately $1 billion in intellectual property and assets from Lockheed Martin — the hybrid airship and aerostat capability, and the engineering pedigree behind it. Awarded the DHS/CBP SPI operations contract the same year.
Formed the Team ACES consortium with QinetiQ US and won the $170M CBP TARS contract covering eight surveillance sites. Acquired the ABC Lightship inventory and IP — the A-60, A-150 and A-170 airframes.
Named to the U.S. Army's $4 billion multiple-award IDIQ vehicle for aerostat systems — positioning the company to compete for task orders across the Army's aerostat program.
Awarded a contract under the Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense IDIQ, with a ceiling of $151 billion.
Decades of lighter-than-air, radar and program experience — including engineers who built these systems at Lockheed Martin before they built them here.
