The dream of providing internet service and telecommunications across the globe, to the remotest areas, is one that has been pursued by high tech thought leaders all over the world. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg dreamed of it with the Aquila project, quietly shelved after a test flight in 2017. Airbus' Zephyr drone has flown for over 25 days in a test flight in Arizona. Now, … [Read more...] about Solar Powered Drone Gets NASA Approval for Test Flight At Edwards Air Force Base
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FAA Approves Solar Drone Flights Over Hawaiian Island.
Japanese drone company HAPSMobile has soared into a COA2 (Certificate of Authorization) from the FAA to fly HAWK30, a solar-powered unmanned aircraft assembled in April 2019. The drone will provide a stratospheric telecommunications platform system across the stratosphere of the Hawaiian island of Lanai. The project is a collaboration with the Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range … [Read more...] about FAA Approves Solar Drone Flights Over Hawaiian Island.
AeroVironment to Develop High Altitude Solar Drones
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, is making a $65 million dollar play to develop high altitude, long-endurance (HALE) solar drones. The company has announced the formation of a joint venture to develop the drones for commercial applications. (This category of drones is … [Read more...] about AeroVironment to Develop High Altitude Solar Drones
