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Man Who Circumnavigated World In Balloon & Solar Plane Now Wants To Do It In A Hydrogen Aircraft
11 Feb 2024 17:44 GMT
Summary
Bertrand Picard plans to fly a green hydrogen-powered aircraft worldwide in 2028.
Hydrogen is a more sustainable solution for aviation, as it generates water when combusted.
The aviation industry is actively exploring using hydrogen to reduce …
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Mars terraforming hopes boosted as NASA announces pioneering solar plane mission
25 Jan 2024 15:12 GMT
Hopes of terraforming Mars have taken a step closer after plans were unveiled for a huge, solar-powered plane which will cruise across the Red Planet in search of water.
The MAGGIE (Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer) aircraft is currently …
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What The U.S. Army Plans For High-Altitude Balloons, Solar Aircraft
15 Aug 2023 10:54 GMT
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—The U.S. Army has validated requirements for two types of uncrewed, high-altitude aircraft—balloons and solar-powered fixed wing—with the goal of using them not only for surveillance, but also targeting, navigation and kinetic strikes.
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Mira Aerospace, a joint venture of UAVOS and Bayanat, Successfully CompletedApusDuo Solar Aircraft Test Flight
24 Jul 2023 12:49 GMT
Mira Aerospace, a joint venture of UAVOS, a developer and manufacturer of advanced unmanned systems, and Bayanat, a part of the Abu Dhabi-based G42, announced a successful test flight of the ApusDuo solar-powered high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS). The …
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This activist built a solar plane. See his plan to fight climate crisis
18 Nov 2022 23:58 GMT
This activist built a solar plane. See his plan to fight …
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Solar plane and electric vertical take-off and landing technologies win Australian grants
07 Nov 2022 02:33 GMT
An Australian start-up developing world-leading electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft technology has won a share in $18 million of federal government funding.
AMSL Aero was selected alongside 11 other companies in round one of the …
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Why the US military could replace spy satellites with solar planes
03 Nov 2022 14:09 GMT
The US military has spent billions of dollars on spy satellites and supersonic surveillance aircraft, but now it seems to be focusing on slow, lightweight solar-powered planes to do the same job
Technology
| Analysis
3 November 2022
By Matthew Sparkes
The …
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AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
05 Mar 2024 14:59 GMT
… 20, investment in our HAPS solar aircraft and investment in new products …
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AeroVironment (AVAV) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
05 Mar 2024 04:11 GMT
… 20, investment in our HAPS solar aircraft; and investment in new products …
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Travel news: Supersonic jets, solar planes and underground railways
28 May 2022 09:38 GMT
(CNN) — This week in travel, London opened a $25 billion new metro line, Bombardier announced a supersonic breakthrough for its super-fast jet, and America's best beaches have been revealed.
Summer travel
This weekend is the Memorial Day holiday in the …