"A fixed-wing UAV can simultaneously carry our drones, drop them and work as a repeater, meaning the signal goes to it and then from it to the drones," a representative of the Simbirsk Design Bureau ...

A pair of custom-built designs recently demonstrated just how fast FPV drones can go. One highlights the extreme engineering ...

Drone aircraft are no longer curiosities—they're widely used in recreation, transportation, and even warfare. Most of these flying machines use rotary-wing quadcopter designs, which allow them to take ...

Two years ago, in 2023, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) program. The effort is meant to come ...

A new type of drone, inspired by the aerial precision of birds of prey, could one day navigate through dense city skyscrapers to deliver our packages or inspect hard-to-reach offshore wind farms, ...

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