Heven and HEL: The Drone ‘Mothership’ That Could Carry Airborne Laser Weapons Into Battle

Heven AeroTech envisions its hydrogen-powered long-endurance drones as airborne platforms for next-generation capabilities, including high-energy laser weapons.

Heven AeroTech’s flagship Z1 hydrogen-powered drone. (Heven AeroTech)

On a modern battlefield defined by the ever-expanding “affordable mass” of cheap, disposable drones, Ben Levinson wants to build something that lasts.

Levinson is the founder and CEO of Heven AeroTech, the Virginia-based maker of hydrogen-powered drones for long-endurance operations. In…