BAE Systems, Prismatic collaborate to develop solar UAV with the potential to stay airborne for a year

BAE Systems, Prismatic collaborate to develop solar UAV with the potential to stay airborne for a year:

BAE Systems, Prismatic collaborate to develop solar UAV with the potential to stay airborne for a year
4 May, 2018: BAE BAE Systems and Prismatic Ltd have signed a new agreement to develop an innovative solar powered High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) UAV known as PHASA-35, which has the potential to fly for up to a year before needing maintenance.

Engineers from Prismatic and BAE Systems will work together on the development of PHASA-35, with work already underway to prepare the first aircraft to be ready for flight tests in 2019.