WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army plans to start a new program in fiscal 2025 to develop and field a new high-altitude platform capable of deep sensing, according to Brig. Gen. Ed Barker, the service ...

An electronics and engineering team from Raven Aerostar launches a high-altitude balloon from Andoya Air Station to sense a simulated target in the Norwegian Sea during a live-fire on Sept. 15, 2021.

High-altitude balloons, such as the one China has floated over mountain state military bases this week, are considered a key “delivery platform” for secret nuclear strikes on America’s ...

One of the distinctive Dragon Lady surveillance jets participated in this year's Royal International Air Tattoo as part of ...

SoftBank has successfully trialed using a blimp as a floating cell-tower base station, using an antenna developed for high altitude platforms. SoftBank Corp. this week announced that it developed a ...

In simple terms, this is a high-altitude balloon that has the potential to enhance India’s earth observation and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance capabilities. Developed by the Aerial ...

The balloon was a massive, 150-foot high custom platform designed to raise over 12,000 lbs, but the team collectively weighed less than 2,000.

Last September, the research institute won a 3.16 million yuan ($466,400) contract to develop a "stratospheric balloon platform" for another CAS department, according to a government tender.