LongShot drones are also seen as a new way for bombers and cargo planes to engage aerial threats and reduce vulnerability.

To aid in logistics and resupply missions, DARPA wants to reimagine how drones lift and carry payloads. Check out the development agency’s Lift Challenge.

To spur innovation in transforming how much weight drones can carry, DARPA opens a competition to include everyone from big ...

To find a way to lift up to four times as much weight with drone technology, DARPA is turning to the public in an open ...

A new defence system will see cargo ships protected by a towed craft and drone able to blast threats. DARPA, the research and ...

The US has advanced a new uncrewed air vehicle designed to carry and launch ...

The project is intended to develop an aircraft that can be launched from a larger aircraft, fly ahead of crewed platforms, and engage targets using its own air-to-air missiles.

The X-68A LongShot drone, developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in partnership with General ...

Pentagon neglect played a key role in China’s rise to global dominance in the small drone industry, but now the U.S. Army wants to buy 1 million small UAS over the next 2-3 years and ramp up domestic ...

DARPA and Raytheon have teamed up to tackle one of the growing threats to commercial and logistical shipping: attacks by ...

The next frontier in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is all about keeping these aircraft fueled indefinitely. If we can crack it, drones could stay in the air longer, avoid landing to ...