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CPI Collaborates on Unmanned Air Vehicle

Rechargeable battery is supplied by an array of lightweight, flexible solar cells distributed on the upper surfaces of the wings and horizontal tail.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

CPI  is playing a role in a ground-breaking project to develop a novel unmanned variable buoyancy-powered ultra-long endurance aircraft. The autonomously-controlled Phoenix aircraft has undergone successful test flights and has the potential to take the lead in the development of affordable pseudo-satellites.   Pseudo-satellites are able to fly, remotely-controlled or autonomously, at very high altitudes for long periods of time – often months. The platform can fly above commercial air...

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