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Lockheed Martin’s famous-yet-secret Skunk Works is conducting live flight tests of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment (SAFE) autonomous AI system on the X-62A. The system can be reconfigured in real time while the X-plane is still in the air… Continue reading New system lets X-62A aircraft adjust flight control behavior in the air
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
A supersonic drone that will be propelled by a revolutionary new engine has taken to the skies for the first time. When Venus Aerospace’s aircraft does go supersonic on a later date, it will be powered by a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).Cont… Continue reading Video: Supersonic drone flies with revolutionary detonation engine
How hard could it be to fly a helicopter if the controls consisted of just one stick and two touchscreens? That’s exactly what the case is with the recently announced Skyryse One, which could be yours for just shy of $2 million.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Super-simple helicopter looks easier than flying a drone
In order for cargo drones to be widely adopted, it helps if they’re compatible with the existing shipping infrastructure. The creators of the Orca drone have kept this fact in mind, as their aircraft is designed to accommodate payloads stacked on stand… Continue reading Shipping-pallet-friendly Orca cargo drone is designed to fit in
Aerospace company Silent Arrow has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s innovation arm AFWERX to develop a heavy payload, long-range motorized version of its GD-2000 glider drone capable of flying 300 nm (350 mi, 560 km).Conti… Continue reading Silent Arrow to develop motorized, disposable, heavy transport drone
A Cessna 208B Caravan kitted out with an autonomous flight system from Reliable Robotics recently took to the skies north of Hollister in California, without any humans onboard – though the aircraft was supervised remotely by a pilot on the ground.Cont… Continue reading Uncrewed Cessna cargo plane takes to Californian skies
In the spirit of waste not, want not, Anduril Industries has rolled out its Roadrunner-Munition (Roadrunner-M) jet-propelled VTOL autonomous interceptor drone that can destroy aerial threats or return to base intact to fight another day.Continue Readin… Continue reading Roadrunner-M drone can take out aerial threats or live to fly another day
Rotor Technologies is now in production on a full-size unmanned helicopter for civilian use. Based on the Robinson R44 Raven II, the R550X flies for more than three hours, at speeds up to 150 mph (241 km/h), carrying up to 1,200 lb (550 kg) of cargo.Co… Continue reading Rotor R550X: A full-size autonomous helicopter anyone can buy
Having shown off simplified copter controls, Airbus Helicopters’ FlightLab has completed a fully automated flight testing a new simplified tablet-based human machine interface (HMI) designed to reduce pilot workloads and increase safety.Continue Readin… Continue reading Airbus’ FlightLab flies itself while pilot rides shotgun with a tablet