DARPA has initiated a $6.5m industrial competition to design a concept for a vertical heavy-lift drone, aiming to overcome what has hitherto been an unavoidable trade off between payload and weight.

A London-based company has created a new type of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone. Called HYDRA-400, the drone has successfully completed its first flight. Developed by Hybrid Drones Limited ...

Windracers ULTRA is scaling up to become one of the most capable dual-use heavy-lift drones in the UK and beyond. Recently unveiled at an official launch even this year, in the presence of members of ...

More and more Colorado search and rescue groups are using drones in backcountry missions — not only to search for missing people but to drop care packages, scout for safe routes and even lift heavy ...

High winds tear across the tactical range — tumbleweeds pass and debris swirls but a tactical drone maneuvers steadily ...