The age of UAVs has well and truly dawned but designers aren't resting on their laurels when it comes to improving the capabilities of these multi-talented aircraft. One innovation that's come to the ...

One of the most exciting evolving niches within unmanned aircraft systems and personal aerial vehicles is that of hybrid Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft, which provide a middle ground ...

Gavin Docherty Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) technology is gaining traction in the Australian survey, mining, agriculture and civil construction industries, with different types of UAS available for ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — To meet the Navy’s new set of requirements for its unmanned MQ-XX Stingray carrier tanker, the service should consider a design that could expand into a stealthy, high-end strike ...

A 3D printing method called laser sintering is helping to change the face of unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) design. Engineers at the University of Southampton in the U. K. designed an entire UAV structure ...

The Feihong FH-909 is a miniature, unmanned rotary-wing platform designed for the low-altitude penetration of hostile areas and battlespaces. (Janes/Sam Wise) Images of the Aerospace Times Feihong ...

L&T's rotary-wing VTOL UAV (pictured above) has been developed to conduct surveillance and logistics operations. (Janes/Oishee Majumdar) Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Defence has developed a rotary-wing ...

Martin UAV has completed development of the autonomous flight control system for its V-Bat vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle, which will lead to a series of customer flight ...

Three major bodies — wings, fuselage and tail — all move with respect to each other. Symmetrical airframe surfaces simplify tooling. Wing ribs 3-D printed, using fused deposition modeling technology. ...

BAE Systems has unveiled a fascinating new autonomous, hybrid, VTOL UAV for military use. The STRIX, developed in Australia, folds to fit inside a shipping container, and is capable of carrying 160 kg ...