News Stories Related To: Solar Powered Spy Plane Breaks Record
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Scientists from the UK have developed a stealth aircraft that runs off solar power and has remained in the air for up to three and a half days at a time. It is known as the Zephyr and the secret...
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- News Source: io9 | about 1 year agoThe U.S. military wants to have robotic eyes in the sky constantly roving and watching what goes on below, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They might achieve that capability very soon, as a test vehicle called the Zephyr just obliterated the old...
- News Source: The Christian Science Monitor | about 1 year agoThe Zephyr-6, a solar-powered plane, flew nonstop for 82 hours and 37 minutes, according to its UK makers. The propeller-driven craft runs on solar energy, and charges lithium-sulfur batteries by day to keep it aloft at night. Its solar arrays are...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 year agoBritish defense technology company Qinetiq is aiming to fly another design iteration of its Zephyr high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) within the next 12 months. The revised design will have a new wing section, and a slightly...
- News Source: Telegraph India | about 1 year agoWith solar panels along its 60ft wingspan, the Zephyr promises to revolutionise military intelligence. The unmanned aircraft stores power from the sun in its batteries, allowing it to continue through the night and, potentially, stay in the air for...
- News Source: Associated Press | about 1 year agoAn ultra-lightweight plane built from carbon fiber and powered using paper-thin solar panels has broken the world record for longest-lasting unmanned flight, its manufacturer claimed Sunday. QinetiQ Group PLC said its propeller-driven "Zephyr"...
- News Source: BBC | about 1 year agoA UK-built solar-powered plane has set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aircraft. The Zephyr-6, as it is known, stayed aloft for more than three days, running through the night on batteries it had recharged in sunlight.
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