Autonomous drones could deliver packages, inspect bridges and skyscrapers, monitor emergencies like wildfires and, eventually, ferry people. But the airspace still lacks the testing and coordination ...
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China’s giant 6-ton autonomous tiltrotor drone enters full free-flight testing
China’s R6000, one of the world’s largest uncrewed tiltrotor aircraft, has entered full free-flight ...
General Atomics’ has paused all flight tests and opened an investigation after one of its drone wingmen crashed Monday after takeoff, the company said in a news release. One of General Atomics’ ...
DARPA and Northrop Grumman successfully conducted the first flight of the experimental XRQ-73 hybrid-electric drone in April, an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for improved fuel efficiency, ...
Airmen and technicians perform maintenance on a YFQ-44A at Edwards Air Force Base, California. (Ariana Ortega/U.S. Air Force) U.S. Air Force airmen operated a semiautonomous jet-powered combat drone ...
Somewhere over a restricted test range, an autonomous combat drone is reportedly flying missions without a pilot on board or a hand on the stick. It may be joined by a second. And if the U.S. Air ...
A KHA K1000ULE drone receives power via PowerLight’s laser power beaming system during a flight test. (PowerLight Photo) Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says its laser power beaming system ...
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How we test drones
Many of PCMag's product reviews rely heavily on tests conducted within PC Labs, but those walls are too small for flying drones. So to test them, we do the same thing you'd do with drones at home—take ...
A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May. The crash also marks the untimely demise of the pioneering aircraft Solar ...
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