Stratospheric drones to provide 5G wireless communications, Global Internet, Border Security and Military Surveillance

​High-altitude platforms (HAPs) are aircraft, usually unmanned airships or airplanes positioned above 20 km, in the stratosphere, in order to compose a telecommunications network or perform remote sensing. Aerospace companies have been trying for years to create a solar-powered plane that can fly at high altitudes for years at a time, and can provide broadband …