Barring mishap, QinetiQ will set a significant milestone in aviation history later today. After 14 days and nights in the air, the solar-powered Zephyr unmanned aircraft we wrote about last week is ...

Airbus' Zephyr program has claimed another record, with a production model unmanned solar-powered aircraft touching down after more than 25 days in the air. That voyage is the longest unmanned flight ...

A solar-powered aircraft built by Airbus recently broke the record for the longest continuous flight. On its first outing, the unmanned Zephyr S stayed aloft for 25 days, 23 hours, and 57 minutes ...

Airbus’s latest edition of Zephyr, a solar-powered aircraft-come-satellite that operates in the stratosphere, has completed a maiden flight just short of 26 days. Taking off on 11th July in Arizona, ...

This year's Mobile World Congress, considered by many the most influential connectivity event, brought the futuristic Zephyr aircraft back to the public's attention. This innovative contraption, ...

A British-designed, solar-powered aircraft today finally landed after shattering the endurance record for an unmanned plane. The Zephyr completed two weeks of non-stop flight above a US Army range in ...

Aerospace firm Airbus has completed two 18-day stratospheric flights of its solar-powered aircraft, called Zephyr, 76,100 feet above the Earth. Zephyr's solar powered test flights in the stratosphere ...

In development for over 20 years, the Zephyr high-altitude platform station (HAPS) aircraft is now on the cusp of commercial service. Andrew Wade reports.