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Skydweller Completes Autonomous Solar-Powered Flight Test Campaign

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– Skydweller Aero has successfully completed the uncrewed autonomous flight test campaign of its Skydweller Unmanned Aerial System. A series of uncrewed flight tests – with the two longest being 16 hours and 22 ½ hours – were launched from the company’s facility at Stennis International Airport in Kiln, Mississippi. This campaign is one more step […]

NORAD Boss ‘Intrigued’ by New High-Altitude Drones Amid Increase in Russian Approaches

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Russian aircraft have encroached on the Alaska air defense indication zone (ADIZ) four times in the last week, the head of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command noted Sept. 17, as he said he wants to ramp up his command’s training and monitoring capabilities. “We’ve had four straight nights of intercepting Russian aircraft that have penetrated […]

Zephyr HAPS gets Design Organisation Approval from UK Civil Aviation Authority

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AALTO HAPS Ltd., which designs, manufactures and operates the stratospheric, solar-powered Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), announced that it has secured its Design Organisation Approval (DOA) from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. This is the first DOA to be issued to a HAPS company in the UK, marking AALTO and the UK Civil Aviation […]

Embention Joins the HAPS Alliance

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.Embention, suppliers of autopilots and critical avionics systems for autonomous vehicles, has announced that it has joined the HAPS Alliance, a non-profit association dedicated to building a high altitude platform stations (HAPS) ecosystem that brings digital sensing and connectivity to everyone, everywhere. As a member of the HAPS Alliance, Embention will collaborate with world-leading telecommunications, […]

NTT DOCOMO and Space Compass Partner with Airbus on HAPS to Invest USD$100M in AALTO

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A consortium of Japanese businesses led by NTT DOCOMO, Inc.  and Space Compass Corporation, together with Mizuho Bank Limited and the Development Bank of Japan Inc., has committed to invest USD$100m in AALTO HAPS Limited, which manufactures and operates the stratospheric, solar-powered Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS). The investment will be made through the […]

Stratodynamics Joins the HAPS Alliance

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Stratodynamics Aviation Inc, a provider of high-altitude flight services utilizing uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed for earth observation, has joined the HAPS Alliance, a non-profit association dedicated to building a high altitude platform stations (HAPS) ecosystem that brings digital connectivity to everyone, everywhere. As a member of the HAPS Alliance, Stratodynamics will collaborate with world-leading […]

Airbus Picks Kenya for First HAPS Drone Hub

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AALTO HAPS Ltd. aims to deploy its Zephyr aircraft that can stay aloft for days at a time from four or five bases around the world, starting with the operational hub in Laikipia County in Kenya early next year, Samer Halawi, the unit’s chief executive officer said in an interview in Nairobi. However, this plan […]