QinetiQ Group PLC (Farnborough, Hampshire, U.K.) reported in July that its composite-airframed Zephyr, a solar-powered, high-altitude/long-endurance (HALE) unmanned air system (UAS), stayed aloft for more than two weeks, exceeding by a large margin the previous UAS record of 30 hours, 24 minutes set in 2001 by Northrop Grumman's RQ-4A Global Hawk. Launched by hand (see photo) on July 9 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Zephyr landed on July 23.
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机译：QinetiQ Group PLC（英国汉普郡法恩伯勒）在7月份报告称，其复合机体Zephyr是一种太阳能，高空/长寿（HALE）无人机系统（UAS），在空中停留了两周以上，大大超过了诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司（Northrop Grumman）在2001年创下的30小时24分钟的UAS以前的纪录。 Zephyr于7月9日在美国陆军位于亚利桑那州的尤马试验场手动发射（见图），并于7月23日着陆。
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