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 ...

A Sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 conducts a search for debris with an underwater vehicle during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023.

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.