Anumá Aerospace Corporation

Anumá Aerospace is a company in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. It is developing solar-electric airships that use partial-vacuum lift cells. The company says its aim is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from long-haul, heavy-lift transportation. It calls this one of the hardest sectors to decarbonize.

The patented partial-vacuum lift, or PVL, cell is the core of the design. The company says the cells give full buoyancy control, including zero static lift. Helium airships only go up, but the company says its airships can be handled and landed more safely and easily.

The company says its airships would produce no carbon dioxide, no particulates, no nitrous oxides and no water vapor. The airships would harvest solar energy in flight. At scale, the company says they could reach a destination halfway around the globe within 14 days.

Anumá Aerospace lists several target markets. These include global shipping, rural access, humanitarian aid, military and municipal use, mining, aerospace and energy, and airborne fulfillment. The company also names persistent surveillance, sensing and communications missions. Its persistent aerostats could work as high altitude platforms, known as HAPS.

The company says it is building a lean manufacturing organization. It describes using additive manufacturing and automation. Its methods include 5S, Six Sigma and Kaizen continuous improvement. The company says these methods support its people, processes and products.

The company has been covered by The Washington Post and Cargo Facts. In 2024 it placed second in the National Security Innovation Network Vector Showcase. The company was one of 20 selected from an applicant pool of 170. The showcase award gave it funding and a roadmap for defense uses of its patented technology.

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• Partial-vacuum lift cells
• Solar-electric airships
• High altitude platforms (HAPS)
• Persistent surveillance and sensing missions
• Communications missions
• Global shipping
• Rural access
• Humanitarian aid
• Military and municipal missions
• Airborne fulfillment