North Wales Selected For ARIA Stratospheric Platform Demonstrations

Menapia Carousel concept

In Menapia's Carousel concept, a fleet of drones form a canopy layer in the stratosphere, with fresh drones ascending and on-station drones descending to recharge.

Credit: Menapia
High-altitude uncrewed aircraft will fly from North Wales as part of a technology development effort led by the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). ARIA’s £70 million ($94 million) Enduring Atmospheric Platforms program will use the Snowdonia Aerospace Test Center for the upcoming...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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