Facebook: Aquila

Post date: Aug 15, 2015 8:6:56 PM

Aquila is one of the nice attempts to increase the connectivity around world. The main challenge is to achieve very high data rate (i.e., tens of gigabits per second) communication between a base and a solar powered UAV over lasers. Here is the video:

Facebook’s Aquila (Source: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/31/facebook-finishes-aquila-solar-powered-internet-drone-with-span-of-a-boeing-737)