The reincarnated Solar Impulse 2 aircraft is now called Skydweller and is being developed as an autonomous persistent drone
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Ben Sampson
Ben has worked as a journalist and editor, covering technology, engineering and industry for the last 20 years. Initially writing about subjects from nuclear submarines to autonomous cars to future design and manufacturing technologies, he was editor of a leading UK-based engineering magazine before becoming editor of Aerospace Testing in 2017.
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