Company profile
AALTO
AALTO HAPS develops and operates Zephyr, a solar-powered fixed-wing high-altitude platform station designed for persistent stratospheric missions. The comp...
Facts
- Segment
- AERIAL
- Country
- GB
- Headquarters
- Farnborough, Hampshire
- Founded
- 2022
- Website
- https://www.aaltohaps.com/
About AALTO
Zephyr climbs above conventional air traffic and most weather, using solar energy during daylight and batteries through the night. Its lightweight airframe has demonstrated flights measured in weeks, allowing one aircraft to remain over a region far longer than a conventional drone while carrying communications or imaging payloads.
AALTO is developing the operating infrastructure, payload integration and regulatory model required to turn the aircraft into a service. Flight campaigns and AALTOPORT planning in Kenya support Earth-observation, connectivity and government missions, but recurring commercial operation remains a future service ambition rather than an already established network.
Market context
PRODUCTION
Summary
Type: Platform operator
Core: Zephyr HAPS
Function: Stratospheric services
Audience: Government telecom
Products
- Zephyr HAPS — uav
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- AALTO and Telkomsel sign Indonesia Stratospace memorandum — 2026-03-02
- AALTO completes 67-day continuous Zephyr stratospheric flight — 2025-04-28
- AALTO connects a ground 4G device through Zephyr in Kenya — 2025-03-03
- AALTO completes first operational Zephyr flight from Kenya base — 2025-02-03
- AALTO appoints Hughes Boulnois chief executive — 2024-10-30
- AALTO secures UK CAA Design Organisation Approval — 2024-07-25
- AALTO announces conditional investment of up to $100 million — 2024-06-03