Hydrogen-Powered Drone Could Be The iPad of Spy Planes | Danger Room | Wired.com

Hydrogen-Powered Drone Could Be The iPad of Spy Planes | Danger Room | Wired.com: "So why is it an iPad-esque potential game-changer? For one thing, check that longevity. The Air Force’s Global Hawk (Manufacturer: Northrup Grumman) remotely-piloted drone can match the Phantom Eye’s 65,000-foot max altitude. But the Global Hawk has a maximum flight time of 30 hours. General Atomics’Predator — often the last thing that al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in northwest Pakistan see — can only fly up to 25,000 feet, but it can stay in the sky for up to 40 hours.Boeing told Aviation Week that it’s shooting for a 96 hour flight from the Phantom Eye next spring."