Darpa Clips Vulture's Wings

A program to develop technology for a solar-electric unmanned aircraft able to stay aloft in the stratosphere for at least five years is being terminated by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa). Instead of flying a demonstrator, prime contractor Boeing will use the $13.7...

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