Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like any companies made any deals to fund airship projects for Alaska at this years workshop (Source.) Everyone who attended the meeting agreed that Airships were an ideal solution for many of the problems facing Alaska's transportation network, however no one seemed willing to spend money to fund airship projects in-order to address these issues, and no big announcements were made.
It seems to me that the fundamental problem here is the economic situation. It's simply not a good time to make risky investments, and airships are undoubtedly a risky investment. This is very unfortunate, because although the technology has come a long way and is now ready for wide spread use, the economic situation has the potential to keep this technology from taking off.
If the economic situation doesn't improve soon, not only will it increase the likelihood that airships will never get off the ground, but we could be headed for a complete and utter economic meltdown, which wouldn't be good for anyone. Lets keep our fingers crossed and our minds focused on the prize, hopefully this will all blow over real soon.
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