| Type: | Private |
| Location: | São Carlos, São Paulo, |
| Key People: | Marcelo Felippes |
| Products: | Blimps |
| Industry: | Aerospace |
Airship do Brasil, commonly shortened to ADB, is a Brazilian privately owned São Paulo-based company that is the only manufacturer of blimps in the Latin America.[1] It manufactures the hardware and rigging for the Lightship and Spector brands of airships.[1] In 2018, Airship do Brasil and Buoyant Aircraft Systems International, a Canadian airships manufacturer, signed a partnership agreement to expand the industry.[2]
ADB was founded in 2005 by the former Brazilian Army officer Marcelo Felippes. The company's lightships (proprietary blimps) are the ADB-1 and ADB-2, as well as the ADB-3-3, The company has also developed captive surveillance balloons.[1]
In 2009, it launched the ADB-1 and ADB-2 series, radio-controlled unmanned airships.[3]
In 2017, it launched the largest airship ever produced by the company, and also the largest ever made in Latin America, the ADB-3-X01.[1] In december 2020, the model is going through the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil certification process.[4]
The location has a 20000m2 facility at São Carlos.[5]