Actually, not exactly new, but less than a year old.
They claim to be able to carry significant amounts of cargo or passengers.
One criticism about airships is that they are hard to control in high winds. However, if it is able to carry so much cargo and even passengers, this problem appears to have been overcome.
Lockheed has their own version, called the P-791.
The interesting thing about them is that they don't require much infrastructure. They can land anywhere. If you can carry passengers as they claim, at the speed they claim, it may be a better alternative than high speed trains.
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