Soldiers from Multi-Domain Command-Europe launched micro-high-altitude balloons from Kosta, Sweden, as part of the Sword 26 exercise series that ran from late April through May 31.
Credit: U.S. Army
The U.S. Army is pursuing high-altitude platforms to bridge the sensor gap between new space-based constellations that are coming online and aerial systems operating at lower altitudes. Recent experiments using high-altitude balloons (HAB) around the world and new tests on the horizon might inform...
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