The board that investigated the loss of the remotely operated Helios Prototype aircraft determined the mishap resulted from the inability to predict the aircraft's increased sensitivity to ...

Uvalde, Texas-based Sierra Industries has partnered with Helio Aircraft to provide support, maintenance and repair for Helio Courier and Stallion aircraft. The exclusive contract covers the worldwide ...

Helio Aircraft aims to put the Courier utility aircraft back into production by 2003 once it secures an additional $12 million in funding to upgrade the aircraft. The Prescott, Arizona-based company, ...

The remotely operated Helios Prototype aircraft was destroyed when it crashed into the Pacific Ocean, June 26. Helios, a proof-of-concept solar-electric flying wing, was designed to operate at ...

The Helios aircraft reached 76,271 ft. on its first solar-powered flight this month, its trial run coming close to breaking the 80,201-ft. record set by its smaller Pathfinder-Plus predecessor in 1998 ...

Capt. Lester Codog (left), has successfully won the bid for three Helio Courier aircraft, previously set for decommission by the Civil Aviation Administration of the Philippines (CAAP). One of the ...

The world's first unmanned plane intended as a telecom tower in the sky is attracting interest as a new way to get broadband Internet connections to businesses. Helios, an aircraft resembling a giant ...

MacCentral ran a story about how Helios, the world’s first unmanned plane intended as a telecom tower in the sky, has a Mac for its “brain.” After seeing some of the related discussions, Graham Gyatt, ...

An elongated flying wing, covered with solar panels and powered by 14 propeller motors not much stronger than hair dryers, climbed to 96,500 feet Monday, shattering a flight record that for more than ...

A 247-foot experimental flying wing developed by Monrovia-based AeroVironment Inc. and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is scheduled to make the first of several flights this week in ...