{"id":53412,"date":"2018-05-03T15:37:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/03\/bae-systems-partners-with-drone-specialist-for-solar-powered-uav\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:57:15","slug":"bae-systems-partners-with-drone-specialist-for-solar-powered-uav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2018\/05\/03\/bae-systems-partners-with-drone-specialist-for-solar-powered-uav\/","title":{"rendered":"BAE Systems partners with drone specialist for solar-powered UAV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONDON \u2015 BAE Systems is looking to break into the solar-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/04\/26\/companies-unveil-eurodrone-model-at-berlin-air-show\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">UAV sector<\/a>, with the company announcing it is collaborating with a small British specialist in the field to have a high-altitude, long-endurance vehicle ready for flight next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Europe\u2019s largest defense contractor said it is throwing its weight behind a company called Prismatic in the development of the firm\u2019s solar electric-powered PHASA-35 vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokeswoman for BAE declined to discuss the scale of the company\u2019s investment in the project but said the deal sealed with Prismatic included the development and flight trials of two full-scale PHASA-35 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2018\/05\/02\/cry-mavic-and-let-slip-the-drones-of-irregular-war\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">drones<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal could eventually see marketing of the solar electric-powered machine taken up by BAE, the spokeswomen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce we have got through the process of developing and flying the two aircraft, the intent would then be [for BAE] to do any follow-on development from the point in terms of making it a production-standard asset and looking at market opportunities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPayload integration and service-based [marketing] solutions are two of the assets we bring to it,\u201d the spokeswoman added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Christie, the strategy director at BAE Systems\u2019 Air sector, said: \u201cWe were keen to invest in the program as part of our long-term strategy to explore new technologies and solutions in air and space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/satellites\/2018\/05\/01\/trump-again-teases-space-force-as-the-sixth-military-branch\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4156232.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump again teases \u2018space force\u2019 as the sixth military branch<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Trump said America is &quot;getting very big in space,&quot; which may prompt the creation of a new military service focused there.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solar-powered UAVs able to operate on the margins of space for months at a time could potentially provide surveillance, beyond line-of-sight communications and other services to military and civil users far cheaper than the cost of satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The machines are sometimes referred to as high-altitude pseudo-satellites, or HAPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prismatic flew a PHASE-8 aircraft, a quarter-sized scale model of the high-altitude, long-endurance, or HALE, vehicle last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spokeswomen said the British Ministry of Defence had attended the flight trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA representation from the MoD was present at the first flight of the PHASE-8. We have committed to keeping MoD up to speed with our prototype development with a view to engaging further in the future to develop innovative solutions utilizing HALE\/HAPS via PHASA-35,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PHASE-8 scale model was built by Prismatic at Farnborough, but BAE wouldn\u2019t comment on where future production will take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHASA-35 is expected to fly at up to 70,000 feet and carry a payload of about 15 kilograms, according to information on the Prismatic website. The two companies said the machine has the \u201cpotential\u201d to fly for 12 months without returning to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airbus Defence and Space developed the Zephyr, a solar-powered machine that currently holds the endurance record, having flown for 14 days nonstop. A new version ordered by the British military and known as the Zephyr S is expected to beat that record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first of three production-standard machines destined for the British is expected to fly in the next few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three senior executives at Prismatic, including founder and Managing Director Paul Brooks, have all previously worked on the <span class=\"js-paste-start-OCT4WPHM6FHO7L3I2GHEYDF6AU\"> Zephyr <span class=\"js-paste-end-OCT4WPHM6FHO7L3I2GHEYDF6AU\"> HALE program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BAE spokeswoman said the company has been in contact with Prismatic for about a year and a half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur relationship began through mutual connections in the space sector. 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