Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by the British Ministry of Defense for two solar-powered Zephyr 8 unmanned high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) craft. "Flying at some 65,000 feet ...

A U.S. Army test of a solar-powered Airbus Zephyr drone ended prematurely after 64 days with a crash following a rapid descent. The drone, launched in June, had flown over 30,000 nautical miles, ...

Airbus Defence and Space has won an order from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the manufacture and operation of two solar-powered Zephyr 8 high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) craft. Flying at ...

LONDON — A solar-powered unmanned aircraft operating on the edge of space is to provide British special forces and others with persistent surveillance capability, the strategic defence and security ...

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 ...

LONDON — Less than 24 hours after an Airbus Defence and Space executive briefed reporters here that the company had a deal with the British Ministry of Defence to supply three solar-powered ...

An Airbus Zephyr drone being tested by the US Army crashed this month after 64 days in the air. It is the longest flight recorded by a drone and nearly the longest flight ever. Airbus told Insider the ...