The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to acquire advanced “pseudo satellites,” officially known as High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS), while the Indian Army will induct a new batch of Very […]
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Sceye Partners with NASA + USGS to address climate change from the stratosphere
Sceye, a leading U.S. aerospace company specializing in High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS), has announced a cooperating research and development agreement with United States Geological Survey (USGS) and a Space Act agreement […]
SoftBank Corp.’s “Sunglider” HAPS aircraft succeeds in stratospheric flight during field trial
SoftBank Corp. has announced that the company’s “Sunglider” — a large-scale, solar-powered, uncrewed aircraft system (“UAS”) designed for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric telecommunications — was used in a […]
Sceye secures funds in Series C round
Sceye has successfully closed the firm’s Series C funding round that was led by Mawarid Holding Company (“Mawarid”), a prominent Saudi corporation with an established presence in information and communication technology, […]
SoftBank Corp. successfully demos nullforming tech for spectrum sharing between HAPS + terrestrial base stations
SoftBank Corp. has successfully conducted a field trial using the company’s cylindrical antenna1 for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric-based wireless communication systems at Hokkaido Spaceport, Taiki Town, in Hokkaido, […]
SoftBank Corp.-led proposal to expand HAPS base stations spectrum use OK’s @ WRC-23
SoftBank Corp. conducted international standardization activities related to High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) spectrum for stratospheric-based wireless communication systems at the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and Asia-Pacific Telecommunity […]
SoftBank Corp. successfully tests maximum comms coverage of antenna for HAPS
SoftBank Corp. recently conducted a successful field trial using the company’s cylindrical antenna[1] for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric-based wireless communication systems at Hokkaido Spaceport, Taiki Town, Hokkaido, Japan. […]
Airbus selects Kenya for the 1st HAPS drone hub
AALTO HAPS Ltd. aims to deploy its Zephyr aircraft that can stay aloft for days at a time from four or five bases around the world, starting with the operational […]
SoftBank Corp.’s “HAPS Radiowave Propagation Prediction Method for Design of Systems” is adopted as the global standard by ITU-R
SoftBank Corp. has developed a new “Model for Predicting Direction of Radiowaves Arriving at Mobile Station” as part of the company’s “HAPS Radiowave Propagation Prediction Method for Design of Systems,” […]
SoftBank Corp. successfully completes flight test of sub-scale model of nexgen HAPS UAS
SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) has collected the data necessary for flight nexgen, uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) that is designed for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) by testing a sub-scale model. A […]