Willard, from last month...
High-Altitude Drones
Last month, Steve Whitby, an executive at the french aerospace giant Airbus Defence and Space, briefed reporters with some exciting news. Airbus, he said, had entered into a deal with the British Ministry of Defense, which would buy three of the company’s Zephyr solar-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance drones. However, shortly after news sites began reporting on the news, both the British MoD and Airbus claimed that no such deal had been made. “We would like to clarify our position following the recent media briefing: We have ambitions, and are expecting to secure contracts for Zephyr in the near future,” a spokesperson for the British MoD told Defense News........
Zephyr Solar-Powered HALE UAV, United Kingdom
The Zephyr family of solar-electric-powered unmanned air vehicles is being developed by QinetiQ in the UK with the UK Ministry of Defence, under a jointly funded programme.........