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AeroVironment, SoftBank Test Solar-Powered, High-Altitude UAS

AeroVironment, SoftBank Test Solar-Powered, High-Altitude UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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AeroVironment, SoftBank Test Solar-Powered, High-Altitude UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event

AeroVironment has completed the initial flight of a solar-powered unmanned aircraft system under a partnership with Japanese company SoftBank.

The HAWK30 UAS flew at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center on Sept. 11, AeroVironment said Monday.

AeroVironment and Softbank formed HAPSMobile, a joint venture that aims to leverage high-altitude platform station technology to fly the aircraft at 65K feet from the Earth’s surface.

HAWK30 features 10 electric motors with solar panels on the 260-foot-long wing’s surface. The aircraft is geared to support continuous missions that will last for months without stopping.

“The first flight of HAWK30 builds on more than two decades of pioneering HAPS technology development and demonstration by the AeroVironment team, and comes only two years since SoftBank joined us in this endeavor,” said Wahid Nawabi, president and CEO at AeroVironment.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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