The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at Johns Hopkins University, on behalf of NASA's New Frontiers Program, has begun construction of a nuclear-powered rotorcraft drone named Dragonfly. Appearing for ...

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has taken the next logical step in making a Black Hawk helicopter autonomous by not only installing the gear needed for self-flying, but by yanking out the entire ...

It’s been two years since the Europeans committed to developing their own new medium-lift helicopter, and we kind of forgot all about it by now. Luckily, the first company tasked with coming up with ...

Modern, modular, and NATO-ready, the AW149 is emerging as Europe’s next generation medium multirole helicopter built for the modern battlefield. Building on Leonardo’s extensive experience in the ...

In a bold new proposal for exploring the Red Planet, aerospace firm AeroVironment has unveiled “Skyfall,” a mission concept that would ditch the traditional rover and lander in favor of a swarm of six ...

Kawasaki and BladeRobots, a Vestas company, are using a crewless helicopter and a blade maintenance robot to automate one of the most challenging jobs in wind power: turbine blade maintenance.