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Flying at some 65,000ft, the ultra-lightweight Zephyr S is uniquely capable of providing persistent surveillance or communications over the same area of land or sea for weeks at a time without landing.

Zephyr solar-powered drone smashes record with 2-month-long flight

15 August 2022

The Airbus Zephyr S, a military reconnaissance aircraft, has more than doubled the record it set in 2018 for an uncrewed flight duration

drone with net

We have to find a way to stop drones disrupting airports

20 March 2019

Drones near airports are grounding flights and leaving people miserable, but can we actually find a way to stop them?

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