Skydweller - Perpetual Flight

Nik Coleman meets the team at Skydweller, reimagining what’s possible by building a fleet of the world’s largest autonomous, solar-powered aircraft. Every Skydweller aircraft is made out of carbon fiber, has a wingspan the size of a 747, can carry up to 800 pounds of payload, and is capable of uncrewed perpetual flight.

Their customers are planning to deploy Skydwellers for missions like detecting drug smugglers and pirates at sea, providing continuous aerial coverage above war zones, surveilling naval activity in contested waters without risking flight crew lives, and tracking wildlife migration and poaching in Africa.