The Chinese Type 076 amphibious carrier Sichuan, equipped with an electromagnetic catapult, has today left Shanghai for her ...

The VT-Naut VTOSL (Vertical Takeoff and Short Landing) fixed-wing drone, is an innovative aerial solution meticulously designed to cater to diverse applications, including high-precision mapping, ...

Extended flight deck makes Type 076 one of the world's largest vessels of its kind, with PLA Navy delivery expected by end of ...

For decades, the promise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been one of persistent, ubiquitous access to the skies.

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 ...

Cluj-based startup BraveX Aero aims to become one of the leading European manufacturers of industrial drones with extended autonomy and high flight capacity by 2030. The company already operates an ...

"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 race is on to build a revolutionary new class of ship: Drone aircraft carriers. Tech advances suggest drones may pack some punch at a fraction of an aircraft carrier's cost. BI assessed the naval ...

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 ...

Significant advances in additive manufacturing, with rapid prototyping, inexpensive production, and fabrication of complex lightweight structures, are driving the market for 3D printed drones.

Multicopter FPV drones look like the kings of the jungle in Ukraine, hitting tanks, trucks, artillery and infantry with lethal results. But fixed wing FPVs resembling small aircraft are having an ...