TECH NEWS | A PLANE THAT COULD FLY FOR OVER A YEAR WITHOUT LANDING

A startup called Alteon is developing an autonomous aircraft designed to stay in the air for more than a year.

Instead of relying only on fuel, the aircraft uses dynamic soaring — a technique inspired by albatrosses that extracts energy from differences in wind speed above the ocean.

The company has already tested autonomous flights at over 100 km/h less than one meter above the water, although continuous energy-neutral flight has not yet been proven.

Full article:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/lachy-groom-backs-indian-startup-aiming-to-keep-aircraft-aloft-for-a-year/

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