Solar endurance
Continuous daylight operation — hours on station, not a brief sortie.
A solar-powered platform for long daylight endurance — carrying an electro-optical payload with satellite connectivity for live video beyond the reach of ground radios. Conceived for forest-fire overwatch; built with dual-use capability in mind.
When events unfold over hours, a short battery flight isn’t enough. Phoenix is designed to remain on station through the day, image the scene below, and stream that picture in real time — wherever the aircraft is relative to the nearest tower.
Continuous daylight operation — hours on station, not a brief sortie.
Live imaging with a satellite downlink beyond ground-radio range.
Built for wildfire overwatch — ready for broader security roles.
Phoenix builds on experience from our solar UAV work for the Photon HAPS programme — including the Aurora demonstrator’s long-endurance flights. See the Aurora pathfinder on Photon.
The programme is in active concept and early design. Airframe, energy budget and the imaging–satcom stack are being shaped together — with manufacturing and electronics handled in-house.