British-led team achieves stratospheric success with solar powered aircraft

Posted on 19 Dec 2024 by The Manufacturer
A British-led team of engineers has taken a leap forward in the race to harness the stratosphere for earth observation and communications, completing a new series of test flights of BAE Systems’ High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), PHASA-35, in quick succession. During the first flight at Spaceport America in New Mexico,…

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