What’s the HAPS (High-Altitude Platform System)?

What’s the HAPS (High-Altitude Platform System)?

by | Apr 30, 2021

Above: HAPSMobile’s Sunglider HALE-UAV takes flight. Credit: AeroVironment. By: Peter De Baets – Sr. Director, AeroVironment Improvements in power electronics and composites have taken the latest generation of aircraft to new heights with the development of...
How Next-Gen Unmanned Aerial Systems Can Benefit Hawaii

How Next-Gen Unmanned Aerial Systems Can Benefit Hawaii

by | Mar 31, 2021

Above: The Sunglider HALE-UAS developed by AeroVironment for HAPSMobile can provide on-the-ground broadband internet access. Credit: HAPSMobile. PISCES is working to bring new aircraft technology to Hawaii that could provide a variety of important services while...
Long-Duration Flight: The Development of HALE-UAS

Long-Duration Flight: The Development of HALE-UAS

by | Mar 31, 2021

Above: Swift Engineering’s SULE UAS takes flight: Credit: Swift Engineering. By: Matthew Fladeland, Airborne Science Manager at NASA Ames The advent of lightweight, high-power batteries, efficient solar cells, and miniaturized autopilots and sensors has led to...