XIAN, China—Avic is working toward flying an operational near-space, solar-powered drone in 2021, following a decision this year to proceed with a demonstrator of 50-m (164-ft.) wingspan. In October 2018 an Avic design and research organization, the First Aircraft Institute, flew a solar-powered...
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