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New Zealand’s Stratospheric Drone Takes Flight | Auckland News
New Zealand’s aerospace scene just got a sky-high boost with the launch of Christchurch’s newest facility, home to the country’s biggest unpiloted aircraft — a solar-powered marvel with an Airbus A320-sized wingspan set to cruise 60,000 feet in the stratosphere. Designed to loiter for weeks, it’ll pack high-res cameras and radar, acting as a cost-effective Earth-monitoring platform for environmental tracking, farming, disaster response, and more. The project promises $1 billion in economic investment and 1,500 jobs by 2035, positioning New Zealand as a rising force in space tech — already…
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