A solar-powered plane, funded jointly by the UK Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defense (US DoD), recently set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Thales Communications provided the communication relay system that enabled users more than 300 miles apart to communicate using their organic radios.
The Zephyr UAV, developed by international defense and security technology company, QinetiQ, stayed aloft, non-stop, for 82 hours and 37 minutes, exceeding the current world record for unmanned flight, which is 30 hours and 24 minutes …