Solar Impulse 2
This world-renowned aircraft operates as Skydweller’s test bed, enabling flight testing and rapid development.
Skydwellers are made out of carbon fiber, have a wingspan the size of a 747, can carry up to 800 pounds of payload, and are capable of uncrewed perpetual flight, typically staying aloft for 30-90 days or longer.
Our customers are planning to deploy Skydwellers for long-duration missions like detecting drug smugglers and pirates at sea, providing continuous aerial coverage above war zones, surveilling naval activity in contested waters without risking flight crew’s lives, and tracking wildlife migration and poaching in Africa.
History
Where We Came From & Where We’re Going
2016
Solar Impulse 2 completes its record-breaking flight—the first solar-powered aircraft to circle the globe to promote the use of clean technology in aviation.
2017
Skydweller is founded by Robert Miller and John Parkes, with the realization that perpetual flight was now possible.
2018
Partnerships, Technological Roadmap & Fund Raising starts with initial investors group.
2019
Skydweller raises the first tranche of $20m out of $40m through a highly successful Series A funding round.
2020
Skydweller is awarded a US Defense Department Joint Comparative Technology Demonstration (JCTD) contract and a research and development contract from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
2021
The Skydweller Aero development team expands to almost 100 engineers in Spain & the US.
2022
The aircraft’s “Fly by Wire” systems is developed, the first steps to autonomy and redundancy towards achieving Perpetual Flight.
2023
The aircraft’s first autonomous flight is achieved in Albacete, Spain; multiple maturity modifications are conducted, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) awards Skydweller Aero a loan to scale up for industrialization.
2024
Skydweller Aero establishes flight operations at Stennis International Airport in Kiln, Mississippi, relocates the prototype there, and conducts the world’s first uncrewed & autonomous flight of a solar aircraft.
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Skydweller
These lightweight, fully autonomous platforms will be deployed as turn-key solutions for evolving and emerging markets globally.