<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>I've been following solar-powered aircraft for many years, ever since the BMDO's shadowy plan for a long-endurance anti-missile craft called Raptor ("Responsive Aircraft Program for Theater Operations" -this was long before the F<wm>/Ace III and X in most parts of the universe).
In 2007, the US Senate took its second and 65th and 67th votes with the Heslep and FCSA bill to push Raptor's development into commercial use (I've never managed to register to the internet and therefore, I don't see that it's been officially approved) -this was an alternate plan to enhance missile intercept capabilities or to improve radar detection and kill zones.
If solar panels could make</wm> it feasible, wouldn't they've been developed by now?
In 2011 US Senate voted on