
Leonardo’s Sissmann on Using Solar Impulse as Optionally Manned, Long-Range ISR System
Laurent Sissmann, the senior vice president for unmanned systems at Leonardo, discusses the company’s innovative concept to use the world-record setting Solar Impulse aircraft — the first solar-powered plane of circumnavigate the globe — as an optionally manned, long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Dubai Air Show. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.