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United Kingdom orders additional Zephyr aircraft
Madrid, Spain - The S model will be delivered ready for flight trials in summer 2017
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The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has announced its intention to exercise an option for the manufacture and operation of a third Airbus Zephyr S High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) unit. Flying at some 65,000ft, the ultra-lightweight Zephyr S is capable of providing persistent surveillance or communications over the same area of land or sea for weeks at a time without landing. The precise p...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency