Facebook is reportedly testing solar-powered internet drones again — this time with Airbus

guest · Jan 21, 2019

Facebook is reportedly testing solar-powered internet drones again — this time with Airbus
January 21, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/21/facebook-airbus-solar-drones-internet-program/

Facebook last year grounded its ambitious plan to develop a solar-powered drone to beam internet across the world, but the company isn’t done with the concept, it seems. The social media giant is working with aeronautics giant Airbus to test drones in Australia, according to a new report from Germany’s NetzPolitik.

Those trials — and it isn’t clear if they took place — involved the use of Airbus’ Zephyr drone, a model that is designed for “defence, humanitarian and environmental missions.” The Zephyr is much like Facebook’s now-deceased Aquila drone blueprint; it is a HAPS — “High Altitude Pseudo Satellite” — that uses solar power and can fly for “months.”
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