Serious Competition. 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’s distinguishing feature is its ability to operate in the stratosphere, an atmospheric layer above the troposphere where conventional aircraft and even satellites do not frequently venture.

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.

PHASA-35, which has a 35-meter wingspan and carries a 15-kilogram payload, uses a range of technologies including advanced composites — contracted in 2019, Piran Advanced Composites (Wadebridge, U.K.) ...

National Health Insurance (NHI) was one of the hot topics at the 2022 Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) Conference recently held in Durban. While several speakers and attendees ...

PHASA-35’s first stratospheric flight demonstrates that this vehicle is on track to become the go-to system for long endurance, high altitude and communications applications in the future.

British engineers have successfully completed a stratospheric flight trial of BAE Systems’ High Altitude Pseudo Satellite Uncrewed Aerial System (drone) named PHASA-35.. Over a 24-hour period, ...

British engineers have successfully completed a stratospheric flight trial of BAE Systems’ High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) - PHASA-35.

PHASA-35’s first stratospheric flight demonstrates that this vehicle is on track to become the go-to system for long endurance, high altitude and communications applications in the future.

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 ...