The remarkable Zephyr is a stratospheric UAV designed to fly ultra-long endurance missions acting as a solar-powered observation and comms platform. In its latest test, it sailed past its old ...

The solar-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance Zephyr unmanned air vehicle is set to fly in Afghanistan and Iraq. Developed by British firm Qinetiq, the latest versions have an 18.2m (59.6ft) ...

Qinetiq's latest Zephyr UAV broke world records by flying on its own for 2 weeks and 21 minutes. The flight took place at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The solar powered high-altitude ...

Zephyr is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to operate as a reconnaissance or communications relay platform. The solar-powered aircraft can remain on station for ...

Qinetiq is preparing to launch the latest version of its Zephyr solar-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle on a flight that is expected to last two weeks, which would set a ...

The Zephyr S air vehicle, also known as a drone and a pseudo-satellite, took flight last June from the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground located in Arizona. The aircraft was designed to stay in the air ...

The Zephyr HAPS achieved a number of world firsts in its latest flight trials campaign over the third quarter of the year, with the tests bringing the pseudo satellite closer to operational use with ...

Airbus says it has taken “a step towards making the stratosphere an operational reality for its customers”, after completing the latest test campaign with its long-endurance Zephyr S unmanned air ...

Army Futures Command has taken an interest in the Zephyr drone. (Airbus) WASHINGTON — Testing of Airbus’ Zephyr drone unexpectedly concluded after completing a record 64 days aloft following an ...

Airbus' Zephyr breaks its own record for longest unmanned flight (Courtesy of Airbus Defence and Space). WASHINGTON – The solar-powered Zephyr drone beat its own record for time spent aloft as an ...

A solar-powered unmanned aircraft, funded jointly by the U.K. Ministry of Defence and U.S. Defense Department, recently set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an Unmanned Aerial ...

Records are meant to be broken. When it comes to the Zephyr unmanned aircraft produced by Airbus, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground is the launching ground for more flights into the next generation of ...