“The Pentagon has suspended indefinitely a trial run of the troubled missile defense system called JLENS, whose giant, radar-carrying blimps were intended to help safeguard the skies over Washington. The three-year ‘operational exercise’ has been a financial lifeline for JLENS, arranged by supporters of the program after Army leaders tried to kill it.”
Source: Pentagon suspends troubled missile defense system at center of ‘runaway blimp’ – LA Times