Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Zephyr solar-powered UAV breaks three more world records

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The Zephyr is a winning machine. Last we reported, QinetiQ's solar-
powered drone had just completed 7-days in the air, and counting. Now,
the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) has confirmed that
Zephyr completed that record-breaking flight with a solid 2-weeks in
the air (336 hours). If that wasn't enough to put other drones to
shame, FAI found that Zephyr also destroyed records for flight
duration for a UAV of its class, and the altitude record for that
class at 21,562 meters, or 70,741 feet. So keep the records coming,
Zephyr, because everyone loves a winner, even when that winner is a
unmanned war machine.

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