Saturday, October 9, 2010

SolarEagle To Soar For Five Years | EarthTechling


SolarEagle To Soar For Five Years | EarthTechling: "With an $89 million contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),�Boeing’s Phantom Works group is promising to have an unmanned, solar-powered aircraft soaring more than 11 miles above Earth by 2014, the company announced in a�press release. The goal for the initial demonstration flight is 30 days aloft, but the long-term plan for the craft, part of a program called Venture II, is five years in the skies. Yes, five years."

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