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Skydweller Aero completes world’s first unmanned flight of large solar aircraft
05 Apr 2024 10:59 GMT
Skydweller Aero has successfully completed the world’s first unmanned flight of a large-scale solar powered aircraft.
The aircraft, named Skydweller, took off and landed from Stennis International Airport (HSA) in the United States (US) autonomously in …
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Unmanned solar aircraft makes successful flight at Stennis International Airport
04 Apr 2024 16:16 GMT
A company that has created a solar-powered aircraft completed an unmanned flight at Stennis International Airport on Thursday, the company announced.
Skydweller, which has a wingspan greater than a 747, completed the world’s first successful unmanned …
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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 journalists want - PR agency Krampitz Communications organises side event at The smarter E Europe
22 Apr 2024 12:39 GMT
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From salt water batteries to solar aeroplanes
The agency is supporting SOCOMEC … trackers for the Solar Impulse solar aircraft: The agency has organised and …
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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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Pilot of first solar flight plans first hydrogen flight from Abu Dhabi
18 Apr 2024 15:18 GMT
… -the-world trip aboard a solar plane that took off and landed … of the globe of the solar plane named Solar Impulse-2 (SI2 … with the solar aeroplane.”
He explained that his goal with the solar plane was …
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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 …