Photos: Facebook's internet-beaming drone takes flight
Solar-powered UAV takes to the sky over Arizona.
Facebook recently performed the first flight of a full-scale version of its Aquila solar-powered drone. Aquila forms the foundation of its ambitious plan to beam internet access from the sky to some of the world's most remote communities.
Facebook's Connectivity Lab is testing ways to connect 1.6 billion people who live beyond the reaches of telecommunications networks.
Here the Aquila drone, which has a wingspan greater than a Boeing 737, is towed onto a runway at the Yuma Proving Ground in the Arizona desert prior to takeoff.
(Source: Facebook)
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