Spain's First Unmanned Aircraft to Take to the Skies by The End of the Year

Spain s First Unmanned Aircraftto Take to the Skies by The End of the Year This project,which is being pioneered in Spain, has been developed by the Institutefor Technology and Renewable Energy (ITER) and funded by the Ministry of the Economy and... More

Spain s First Unmanned Aircraftto Take to the Skies by The End of the Year This project,which is being pioneered in Spain, has been developed by the Institutefor Technology and Renewable Energy (ITER) and funded by the Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness. Madrid, Spain, July 15, 2013 - This project,which is being pioneered in Spain, has been developed by the Institute for Technology and Renewable Energy (ITER) and funded by the Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness. The School of Aeronautical Engineering of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) has already conducted the first virtual flight of PRONTAS(Prototype Unmanned Solar-Powered Aircraft),ithas told Europa Press. The company Aernnova and the Advanced Technical School of Aeronautics have also participated in the project. This is a completely autonomous, non-polluting, unmanned solar-powered plane, which willbe used for civil purposes on surveillance, emergency and fire-fighting missions. It weighs less than 80 Less