DARPA Back In Near-Space With ALTA Project

After a hiatus of several years, DARPA has returned to the stratospheric domain with a project aimed at demonstrating that a lighter-than-air balloon can drift between wind layers to navigate at altitudes up to 90,000 ft. for days or weeks at a time. The prospect of dwelling in near-space, a domain...

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