Softbank To Raise Sustainability Funds For HAPS Business

Working with AeroVironment, SoftBank is developing the Sunglider solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft.
Credit: SoftBank
Japan’s SoftBank is to issue its first sustainability bond to raise funds for its high-altitude platform system (HAPS) business, which plans to operate solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft as airborne base stations for internet connectivity. A sustainability bond raises funds exclusively...
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