Solaris Gliders have been designed and optimized for the highest quality data gathering missions.  It provides best in class stability, payload capacity, sensor configuration options, and economics.

Our unique twin-fuselage design optimizes mass loading across the wings, and coupled with our unique carbon fibre techniques (patents pending), our airframes are ultra-rigid.  In addition, the design of the aerodynamics and propulsion minimizes bank angles during turns.  The result is a highly stable platform designed for the highest-precision data gathering.

Our wings have been specially designed for sensors to be placed across the widest section possible offering best-in-class payload SWAP, configurations, and versatility.   The Solaris Gliders are true work-horses.

The Solaris Glider was originally designed for the UK's Ordnance Survey for high precision mapping. This 3rd generation of the glider builds on our team's expertise in developing the two earlier suborbital platforms.  

For this 3rd version, the focus was on a commercially scalable product, that required significant improvements in performance, stability, ease of manufacture, operations, and costs.

Solaris is now an independent commercial platform open to fly a wide range of missions for customers globally.

The Solaris Design Team has deep experience and success in suborbital platforms.  

They have been heavily involved in the design and development of two successful fixed-wing suborbital platforms (solar gliders) : the original Zephyr, and more recently, the Astigan suborbital project with the UK’s Ordnance Survey.  Former team members also developed the Phasa 35 owned by British Aerospace Systems.

The team draws on over 20 years successful experience working together in suborbital platforms both in solar gliders (HTA), airships, and balloons (LTA).