NASA mulling future of high-altitude UAV research

As NASA awaits the final mishap report on the loss of its Helios solar-electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the agency is mulling the scope and future of its high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) UAV research programs. A 247-foot wide flying wing prototype, the Helios was lost off the coast of...

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