Japanese Consortium Invests In Airbus-Owned HAPS Provider Aalto

inflight visualization of the zephyr

An inflight visualization of the Zephyr platform.

Credit: Aalto
A Japanese consortium has committed to investing $100 million in Aalto, the Airbus-owned spinoff company flying the Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). The consortium—comprising Japan’s NTT Docomo cell phone services provider, Space Compass Corporation, a...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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