U.S. Army Seeks Sensors For Spy Balloons, Solar Fixed Wing Aircraft

Artist's concept of a high-altitude balloon ascending into the upper atmosphere.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab/Michael Lentz
The U.S. Army on Feb. 17 released a call for information on a suite of sensors that could equip high-altitude balloons (HABs) or solar fixed-wing (SFW) aircraft. The market survey request comes out two weeks after U.S. Air Force fighters shot down a Chinese HAB with apparent surveillance systems...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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