Transport committee  No, we haven't negotiated access to those facilities. Ultimately, that would be Hybrid Air Vehicles' problem to solve.

Transport committee  Also, there are two very large facilities in Cardington. I know that Hybrid Air Vehicles is talking to the U.K. government about getting access to one of those, which would be more than big enough to do this.

Transport committee  It's very limited and very dated, but for the purposes of building a demonstrator, you could use that.

Transport committee  The forecast is 18 months to complete the assembly, probably another 6 to 12 months to get through the demonstration phase. So it's two, two and a half years?

Transport committee  That would get the demonstration complete, but our hopes would be, then, to subsequently take that demonstrator and put it into commercial operation while the remainder of the fleet is being manufactured.

Transport committee  By the end of 2014 to mid-2015, we will have completed that demonstration phase. The only thing really that would stop you from going to commercial operations at that point would be one of the industry partners saying, “Okay, we're happy with the technology. Let's enter it into c

Transport committee  No, we have not started building.

Transport committee  There are still some design elements to be completed.

Transport committee  To answer that question, we would have to bring you a business plan. We can do that, but for me to answer that question now would be speculative at this point in time.

Transport committee  We could provide that—not today, obviously.

Transport committee  I think we could easily provide that analysis, including our market analysis, if that is what the committee wishes to see. We can provide that.

Transport committee  It would be a step in the right direction. We are still faced with the challenge of funding this demonstrator.

Transport committee  That would definitely be helpful. I agree with your point about the government generating a war effort. The comment was meant to be illustrative of the outcomes. I would say that if there were a list of government services that could be met via a commercial application of airship

Transport committee  I'll respond to that. I think that's a healthy skepticism, which is why we're not advocating a wholesale investment in infrastructure for a network of airships prior to providing additional proof. We want to see that, because although the technology holds much promise, and I'm s

Transport committee  We do think that the program of the U.S. Army is going a long way to proving the technology and certain components of it, but we still want to see the proof and a demonstrator.