The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft. It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered. The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air ...

To demonstrate their new technology's capabilities, researchers fitted a palm-sized, commercial ... self-sufficient solar-powered aviation is by being the first aircraft to successfully launch ...

Soaring demand for electricity is leading some companies to not only think out of the box for a solution, but out of this ...

The modules provide solar power to a specially adapted Zenith 750 aircraft – the “electric Sky Jeep.” This prototype has a 30kWh battery, which is enough for a 30-minute flight. According to ...