Facebook’s Aquila solar drone takes flight

Posted on 24 Jul 2016 by Michael Cruickshank

A new solar powered drone produced by Facebook called ‘Aquila’ undertook its maiden flight last month.

The drone aircraft is designed by the company to help spread internet connectivity to large areas of the planet. The maiden flight was announced in a post by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week, wherein he claimed it was a major success. “Our original mission was to fly Aquila for 30 minutes, but things went…

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