AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Lighter than air | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Piloted | ||
| Engine type | Electric | ||
| Application | Experimental | ||
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Solar powered air vehicle with inflated delta-wing design. Proposed larger variants of 11 metre Solar Ship: Caracal, Wolverine and Nanuq.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Solar Ship Caracal | / 2013 | 2014 | Baseline 20 metre variant, able to carry at least 200 kg for 500 km, with STOL ability. Development ceased after airship crashed, design reviewed as inherently unstable. |
| Solar Ship Nanuq | / | Enlarged 100 metre Wolverine variant, 35,000 kg payload capacity and 800 km range. | |
| Solar Ship Wolverine | 2015 / 2017 | Enhanced 50 metre variant able to carry at least 5000 kg for 600 km, and take-off / land from ground / water. |
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