Airbus's Zephyr solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle sets a new flight duration record.. Launched on June 15, New Atlas reported, it spent 36 days in the air and was still flying over Arizona..

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The previous record of this device was 26 days of flight without landing, it was set in 2018.

The US Army said that the current flight of the device was also in many ways the " It was the first flight into international airspace, the first flight over water, the longest continuous flight using satellite communications controls and the furthest distance from the launch point..

The Zephyr has a wingspan of 25 meters and weighs just 75 kilograms.. It was designed to be able to fly up to 21.3 meters above the ground..

Recall that within two years in Britain they plan to build the world's largest automated highway for drones. It was named Skyway and will unite Reading, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Coventry and Rugby..