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> Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section are building on the proven concept of autonomous cooperative soaring of unmanned aerial vehicles.
> Their research investigates the presence of solar photovoltaics to the cooperative autonomous soaring techniques, which enables long endurance flights of unmanned sailplanes that use the power of the Sun.
> The Solar Photovoltaic and Autonomous Soaring Base Program and the U.S. Marine Corps' Expeditionary Energy Office want to improve the ability of unmanned platforms to support a 24-7 information, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission.
> "NRL has twice flown our solar UAV over 10 hours using a combination of solar photovoltaics and autonomous soaring as part of the 'solar-soaring' research program," said Dr. Dan Edwards, aerospace engineer.
> The UAV with solar arrays built at NRL using SunPower Inc. solar cells, flew for 10 hours, 50 minutes on October 14, 2016.
> The Vehicle Research Section at NRL conducts research to develop technologies for autonomous, affordably expendable, unmanned systems that carry a wide variety of payloads for numerous mission scenarios.
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