In all, the Skydweller flew for 192 hours and 14 minutes. Alas, the storm won in the end, and the noble flyer now resides at ...

The sheer scale of the Indo-Pacific theater—spanning more than 100 million square kilometers of ocean, dispersed island ...

A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May. The crash also marks the untimely demise of the pioneering aircraft Solar ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The solar-powered drones market has emerged as a highly innovative segment within the drone industry, driven by increasing demand for sustainable, ...

The father and son team behind the world's fastest quadcopter we featured last year has now built what essentially looks like a flying photovoltaic panel, in a bid to create a drone that's powered by ...

A breakthrough in aviation is taking shape through a collaboration between U.S. startup Skydweller Aero and French defense electronics company Thales. Their joint mission is to build a solar-powered ...

The Navy, working with Skydweller Aero, just reached a major milestone in clean-energy aviation. Its solar-powered drone, known as Skydweller, flew for 73 hours straight without needing fuel. The test ...

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Aviation startup Skydweller Aero has successfully flown a drone with a bigger wingspan than a Boeing 747 for nearly three days straight — and then did it again. And it did it fueled by nothing but ...

Solar power for vehicles of different shapes and sizes is something humanity has been toying with for years now, but we’re yet to see something truly reliable being produced by all these experiments.

In a significant step to enhance maritime security, the US is providing the Philippines with a $13 million solar-powered ...

The acquisition of Solar Drone strengthens VisionWave’s autonomous mission systems and energy-infrastructure automation capabilities, adding a field-proven robotic platform for persistent, large-area ...