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, ...

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 ...

It looks like a Star Trek Bird of Prey, and acts like a drone that terrorists cannot escape: A new military aircraft that’s powered by the sun and can conduct missions without landing for 45 days.

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 ...

Airbus Defence & Space is preparing for full commercial operations of its Zephyr high altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS), envisioning the establishment of launchpads that could deploy an aircraft ...

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 — Britain's Ministry of Defense will acquire three Airbus-built, solar-powered UAVs that fly on the edge of space will be acquired by Britain’s Ministry of Defence, the company said Wednesday.