HAPSMobile will develop High Altitude Platform in New Mexico

June 11, 2020

SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. - HAPSMobile Inc., a subsidiary of Japan’s telecommunications operator SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) has chosen New Mexico’s Spaceport America for test operations and development of a specialized communications platform designed to provide internet connectivity to hard-to-reach places around the globe, Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today.

The company, along with its minority owner and aircraft development partner AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), is working on development of the unmannedsolar-powered High Altitude Platform Station. The stratospheric telecommunicationsplatform, a so-called cell-tower in the sky, is designed to provide better communications tounder-served areas, including rural communities.

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