Airship Management Services

AMS was a private company founded in 1990,[1] based in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a maintenance facility and FAA Repair Station in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Clients in the United States have included Ameriquest, the New York City Police Department and Fujifilm (USA) Inc., which used a Skyship 600 type airship in the US since 1984, starting with the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

In addition, AMS provided two Sky-ships for use over the Athens Olympics in 2004,[2] one for use by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and the Hellenic Police in Greece, and the other for broadcasting by NBC TV.

Since 1980, fifteen Sky-ships were designed, built, and operated around the world for such customers as Japan Airlines, the Korean Sports Foundation, Fuji film, the Tokyo Police, Citibank, the French Ministry of the Interior, and Pepsi-Cola.

AMS developed these applications with numerous clients, including Westinghouse, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Navy,[5] Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Army, the British Ministry of Defence,[6] the NYPD's Counterterrorism Division (for security surveillance), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for environmental surveys.