The Aeronautical Regional Geospatial Observer System is a lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle designed to fly autonomously for up to a year at 20 km altitude.
Above the clouds, sunlight is unobstructed and abundant. Collected energy will power flight during the day, while excess is stored for the night.
ARGOS will open a new market for lightweight payloads by dramatically reducing the cost for access to the stratosphere.
ARGOS will primarily be used to to fly ARMAS instruments to measure radiation. In addition, we are conducting studies to determine the feasibility of deploying a fleet for the Air force and department of defense, as well as using ARGOS vehicles for flying commercial payloads.
We are building a low-cost prototype for a series of test flights from January 2022 to increasingly higher altitudes targeting June 2022 for the first high altitude, long endurance (HALE) attempt.
