The Aeroscraft Dirigible Airship
Production Company: Worldwide Aeros Corp
Feature: Heavy-Lift VTOL Carrier
EST. Cost of Production: $3 billion* (Project Cost)
The Aeroscraft is currently being developed by Worldwide Aeros Corp. This variable-buoyancy, heavy-lift airship will have a robust frame, VTOL capabilities, and low-speed operational capabilities. The freight airship will have numerous new features, the most important of which is static lift. The Aeroscraft regulates static lift by pumping and storing helium. When it needs to boost static lift, it reinflates the helium-filled gasbags. Aeros is seeking $3 billion in finance to get the project off the ground (pun intended). It hopes that with these funding, it will be able to launch a global Aeroscraft fleet by 2023.
The Aeroscraft Dirigible Airship
The Maglev Air Urban Transport
Production Company: Various
Feature: Energy Efficient Levitating Train
EST. Cost of Production: $1.2 billion*
Maglev transportation technologies have been developed and researched for over a century. However, these public urban transportation systems are only available in South Korea, Japan, and China. Magnetic fields are used in the Maglev system to cause cars to levitate and speed down a track. These Maglev technologies are frequently shown as high-speed trains. They’re even used as extreme roller coasters. These urban trains are a hybrid of a train and an aircraft, and they utilize less energy than ordinary trains due to non-contact levitation and propulsion technologies. Hopefully, more urban Maglev transportation systems for cities and towns will be developed in the future.
The Maglev Air Urban Transport
