The Blue Devil blimp was a proposed reconnaissance airship that was built for the United States Air Force for use in the War in Afghanistan.
It was designed to capture and process data from onboard sensors before delivering it to ground troops.
[1] The sensor equipment was to be supplied by Mav6 LLC as the prime contractor and system integrator.
[1] Technical complications with the blimp's design that arose during 2011, including overweight tail fins, unexpectedly complex avionics systems and the inability of the original Argus network of cameras design to be integrated with other systems, and meeting flight requirements of the FAA forced the blimp's first flight back to 15 April 2012, with dramatically reduced capabilities.
[2] In June 2012, the Air Force cancelled the project and ordered the airship to be dismantled and put in storage.