The latest in perpetual surveillance technology

The Zephyr 7 high altitude pseudo satellite.

Airbus is developing a high-altitude, solar-powered drone that can stay aloft indefinitely. It could deliver wireless service where towers are too hard or expensive to maintain.


Look for it to be billed as a low cost Internet platform for the developing world. Perhaps not what the funders (the US and UK defense departments) are most motivated by.

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