This Genius Solar Plane Can Fly Forever

This video covers a project that he US navy have invested over $5 million into so they can undertake surveillance 24 hours a day, 7 days the weeks. The aim is to do this more cheaply and conveniently that the widely used MQ-4C. For this, they plan to use a solar powered airplane. This seems like a new project by the Spanish-US firm Sky dweller Aero, however, the development for this project has been underway for many more years under the name Solar Impulse.

Sources:

https://aroundtheworld.solarimpulse.com/our-story
https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/us-navy-awards-skydweller-5m-to-demo-its-solar-powered-long-endurance-uav/144940.article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36890563
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse

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