After researching for years, the US Army has finally allocated funding of $4.2 billion over the next 10 years for aerostat ...

Normally, you don’t think of these radios as having a lot of range, but if the transmitter is high, the range will ... nearly two minutes to send. The balloon system sends every 10 minutes ...

The UMass Lowell High Altitude Balloon project (UML HAB) has created a reusable balloon payload for taking instruments to the edge of space! This system includes a hot wire cutdown mechanism, ...

A tethered balloon ... of ultra-high voltage (UHV) transmission lines in Tai'an city, East China's Shandong Province. This marks China's first use of an aerial platform for energy projects ...

If there is one thing we like, it’s a fellow hacker so enthusiastic about his or her work that they write the article practically for us by including as much detail and information as possible.

The 27-foot-long carbon-fiber frame, stocked with cameras, tracking devices, and parachutes, is lifted by a high-altitude balloon on each end and sports two of those turbulent-flow propellers ...

The aim of the cross-sectoral Uncrewed High-Altitude Platform (HAP) project is to build up comprehensive system expertise for high-altitude aircraft at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum ...

These modules will guide you through the skill-building activities of a balloon payload workshop. If you have any questions or run into problems as you build, email vcorral@colorado.edu In order to ...

In the years since then, balloon flight technology has evolved from cloth balloons and open baskets to polyethylene balloons and metal pressurized gondolas that allow for high-altitude atmospheric ...