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This remarkable miniature rotorcraft is so lightweight and efficient that it can lift its own mass given nothing but sunlight. The entire thing weighs about as much as four paperclips, and it can fly all day if the sun’s shining.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Ultra-light electrostatic VTOL drone flies indefinitely in sunlight
Northrop Grumman has released a photo of the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) XRQ-73 stealth drone X-plane that it has built for DARPA and is expected to fly by the end of the year.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, T… Continue reading First photo of DARPA’s latest stealth drone X-plane
In an effort to create a simpler, more affordable form of jet propulsion, University of Maryland spinoff Wave Engine Corporation has developed a digitally controlled modern-day pulsejet engine for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a design that uses no … Continue reading Fire-spewing pulsejet engine with no moving parts gets real
Hacking has taken on many different meanings over the years, but if you’re here reading these words, we’ll assume your definition is pretty close to ours. To hack is to …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Why More Hackers Should Earn Their Wings
An open-secret American spy plane has broken cover after the US Air Force released photos of its Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA). Built by DZYNE, the semi-classified drone is now confirmed as deployed and active.Continu… Continue reading Semi-secret US Air Force long-endurance spy drone breaks cover
The US Air Force has released a video of the maiden flight of its XQ-67A demonstrator drone. Taken on February 28, 2024, the footage shows the autonomous aircraft strutting its stuff in the skies over Gray Butte Field Airport, Palmdale, California.Cont… Continue reading Video: USAF shows off cutting-edge X-67A’s maiden flight
Bringing some flash to military aviation, Airbus is showing off its Wingman drone concept this week at the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin. The 1:1 scale mock-up is the aerospace equivalent of a “show car” for highlighting ideas.Cont… Continue reading Airbus Wingman concept gives stealthy look at aerial combat future
Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed its latest concept for a low-drag, fan-in-blended-wing body design for DARPA’s Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program aimed at producing a high-speed VTOL aircraft for Special Forces missions.Cont… Continue reading DARPA’s new high-speed, blended-wing VTOL X-plane
Although snapshots of the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber in flight have been taken previously by the public in the vicinity of Edwards Air Force Base in California, these weren’t with permission. Now the United States Air Force has released the first offic… Continue reading US Air Force releases first official pics of B-21 bomber in flight
The footage is part of a 9-minute short film called 26,000 Days – as in, the number of days in our average life span – directed by Henry Behel. The message is poignant, even if you’ve heard it before: Do something. Live while you can.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Majestic drone vs plane video makes us wish we could fly