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This bill, known as the Airship Improvement Research for Safety and Humanitarian Innovation Projects Act or AIRSHIP Act, aims to promote advancements and innovation in United States aeronautical research and technology, specifically focusing on airships. It expresses the sense of Congress that airships have the potential to contribute to sustainable and clean air cargo transportation, support disaster response and humanitarian aid efforts, and reintroduce practical, economical, and environmentally friendly airship transportation. To achieve this, the bill amends existing law to allow the Administrator (referring to the head of the relevant government agency, likely NASA or FAA) to establish programs of competitively awarded grants. These grants would be available to research teams composed of individuals from universities, industry, and government to conduct research on airships, similar to existing programs for rotorcraft and fixed-wing vehicles, thereby enhancing safety, noise reduction, resiliency, and environmental impacts in the nation's aviation systems.

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