SPACE reports that Airbus’ Zephyr S “took off from the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground on June 15, 2022 and has since been flying patterns over the Yuma Test Range and Kofa National Wildlife Refuge.” Since June 15, the UAV has “been in the air above the Sonoran Desert for 42 days, breaking its own record for longest uncrewed flight.” The flight “has now broken Zephyr’s previous record of 25 days, 23 hours that it set in August 2018.”
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Zephyr S Sets Another New Record for Longest Uncrewed Flight
BBC News reports that the solar-powered Airbus Zephyr S has set a new record for an uncrewed flight. The Zephyr S “has spent 26 continuous days in the air, beating the record it set in 2018.” The aircraft flew from Arizona to Belize and back.
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