The PHASA-35, weighing in at just 120 kilograms with a 35-meter wingspan, is able to carry a 15kg payload, packed with surveillance equipment and sophisticated cameras.

In a sky-high, 24-hour test flight, BAE System successfully sent its High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) PHASA-35 solar-powered drone into the stratosphere, reaching ...

PHASA-35 is designed to operate in the stratosphere, above weather patterns and standard air traffic, offering a persistent platform for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.

Over a 24-hour period, PHASA-35 soared to more than 66,000 feet, reaching the stratosphere, before landing successfully. The trial, completed last month in New Mexico in the USA, allowed engineers ...

The Block 20 Phasa-35 High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS). The one-of-a-kind system, currently in southeast England, is heading across the Atlantic for its next ...

BAE Systems has detailed its latest series of test flights using the Prismatic-developed PHASA-35, as it promotes the ultra-long-endurance type for operational use from 2026.

Boasting a 35m (115ft) wingspan, the 150kg (330lb) PHASA-35 can carry a 15kg payload. Its manufacturer sees potential uses as an ultra-long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ...

Further to initial flight trials, PHASA-35®, a 35 metre wingspan solar-electric aircraft, has successfully completed critical endurance trials which saw the aircraft operate for 72 hours in a ...

Engineers prepare the PHASA-35 for a flight test. BAE Systems is building two more development aircraft, which it intends to fly from 2025. (BAE Systems) BAE Systems is building additional ...

BAE Systems has flown the PHASA-35 solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the stratosphere for the first time, the company announced on 14 July.

RAF FAIRFORD, England—BAE Systems’ Phasa-35 solar-powered uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has flown to the stratosphere for the first time. The 24-hr. flight took place in late June from ...