A solar-powered aircraft built by Airbus recently broke the record for the longest continuous flight. On its first outing, the unmanned Zephyr S stayed aloft for 25 days, 23 hours, and 57 minutes ...

Airbus' Zephyr program has claimed another record, with a production model unmanned solar-powered aircraft touching down after more than 25 days in the air. That voyage is the longest unmanned flight ...

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 ...

For Airbus and its Zephyr S, the sky really is the limit – because any higher and this "high-altitude pseudo satellite" would have to be a spacecraft. Zephyr S, a solar-powered unmanned aircraft ...

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Airbus said on Monday it was seeking outside investment for its high-altitude surveillance and communications drone programme Zephyr, in a bid to scale the business and accelerate ...

Airbus started series production of the Zephyr S high altitude pseudo-satellite at a new facility about 200 yards from where Farnborough 2018 was being held. (Airbus) FARNBOROUGH, England — With the ...

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 ...

Airbus Defence & Space has begun flight testing a scaled model of a larger twin-tailed variant of its Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS). The Zephyr T has four times the payload capacity of ...

Airbus Zephyr did not achieve its goals of breaking a world record for the longest flight made by an aircraft, and the solar-powered drone crashed in Arizona after 64 days of sustained flight. The ...

Defense giant Airbus is looking to begin commercial operations of its Zephyr high-altitude drone and may spin-out the company. Zephyr is a solar-powered high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) that is ...

Airbus and Williams Advanced Engineering, the innovative engineering and technology business of Williams Grand Prix Engineering, are to explore potential areas of technological collaboration. Under ...

The composite Zephyr S unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has completed a successful 2021 test flight campaign in the U.S., Airbus (Munich, Germany) reports. The company’s final solar-powered high altitude ...