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Tight budgets, science spur push to unpiloted vehicles

Tight budgets and the needs of atmospheric science are driving a push in the U.S. to develop advanced remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) that can fly well into the stratosphere and stay there for days. While military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can perform surveillance and reconnaissance...

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