The Week In Technology, Sept. 6-10, 2021

Cylindrical multibeam phased-array antenna
A cylindrical multibeam phased-array antenna will provide stable connectivity with a stratospheric UAV.
Credit: HAPSMobile
Antenna Enables Stratospheric Connectivity Japan’s SoftBank and its subsidiary HAPSMobile are developing new high-capacity communications technology as they prepare to launch commercial services providing connectivity from the stratosphere using long-endurance unmanned aircraft. HAPSMobile, in which...

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