Press Releases
Alta Devices: How Can Innovative Solar Technology Improve the Capabilities Of High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS)?
High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) offer exciting capabilities and operational flexibility for earth observation, telecommunications, and navigation. These aircraft are lightweight, autonomous, and designed to operate for multiple weeks or even months at [...]
Alta Devices sets 29.1% solar efficiency record; NASA selects Alta Devices for International Space Station Test
NASA is testing Alta Devices solar technology at the International Space Station in order to evaluate Alta’s technology for future NASA low-Earth orbit missions, including powering CubeSats. Alta Devices also recently announced a [...]
Advanced Solar Material Is Critical For A New Era In Mapping
Rapid change is occurring in the mapping industry as geoinformation becomes critically linked to innovative applications such as autonomous vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and smart cities. AI, augmented reality, and virtual reality are also [...]
Advanced Solar Material Changes The Power Equation For Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Innovators
As vehicles become more autonomous, the number of sensors built into the average vehicle is increasing significantly. Camera, ultrasonic, and radar sensors are just some of the different types of sensors currently being [...]
Alta Devices Demonstrates How Solar Extends Fixed Wing UAV Flight Duration for Commercial Tasks
Drones and UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are increasingly being used to assist with commercial tasks such as search and rescue, delivery, mapping and infrastructure inspections. Some of these jobs are highly localized and [...]
Alta Devices New Generation Solar Cell Empowers Autonomy for BVLOS UAV Operations
UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), or drones, are among the earliest autonomous vehicles – performing many functions without human intervention. The next challenge for UAVs is the coming adoption of BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line [...]
Alta Devices Powers Successful CubeSat Mission
Alta Devices Modular, Lightweight and Highly Efficient Solar Cells Enabled Rapid Development and Deployment of Innovative FastBus Small Satellite Platform LOGAN, UT – August 6, 2018 –A successful CubeSat mission by Twiggs Space [...]
Alta Devices Solar Power Enables Satellites With Disruptive Designs
What: Small satellites (SmallSats) are emerging as an important category of spacecraft worldwide. Developers want to take advantage of the low cost, ease of design and deployment, and flexibility of SmallSats, relative to [...]
Alta Devices Breaks Solar Energy Efficiency Record
Alta Devices has today announced that its most recent single junction solar cell has been certified by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) as being 28.9% efficient. This certification confirms that Alta has set [...]
Alta Devices Shares Vision of True Autonomy for Industrial Sensors
Solar Power Enables Remote Industrial Sensors to be Autonomously Powered for Extended Periods In several presentations this week, Alta Devices will explain how battery-powered devices and remote sensors can be truly autonomous. Sensors [...]
U.S. Naval Research Lab Selects Alta Devices to Add Solar Power to its Breakthrough Hybrid Tiger UAV Project
Will Enable Aircraft to Fly for Days By Developing Innovative Technologies for Both Government and Commercial Applications Alta Devices announced today that the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will use Alta Devices highly [...]
Alta Devices Launches New Generation Solar Cell Designed to Empower Autonomy for UAVs and Other Vehicles
Alta's Newest Generation Technology Provides a 160% Improvement in Power-to-Weight Ratio SUNNYVALE, CA – May 1, 2018 -- Alta Devices, the world-record holder for single junction solar cell efficiency, announces the launch of [...]