Williams Advanced Engineering and Airbus collaborate on high-altitude electric drone
By Charles Morris Aircraft manufacturer Airbus and Williams Advanced Engineering have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate ultra-lightweight materials, battery technologies and electrical cell chemistries into Airbus’s Zephyr High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) program.
Zephyr is a solar-powered unmanned aerial system, or drone, that will fly at more than 65,000 feet – above commercial …read more