Days after India’s DAC accorded AoN (Acceptance of Necessity) to IAF (Indian Air Force) requirement for an Airship-based High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (AS-HAPS), Russia flight-tested a conceptually similar system. India’s AS-HAPS and the Russian system, named Barrage-1, are both based on lighter-than-air platforms that operate in the stratosphere. However, while the AS-HAPS is being developed … Continue reading Starlink Rival? India Clears AS-HAPS Airship, Russia Tests Barrage-1: Is Stratospheric Race Heating Up?