DARPA wants to move drones to the next level with its Lift Challenge – a US$6.5-million competition aimed at creating small ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the main research and development hub for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), believes that small uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, ...

Ukrainian forces demonstrated a watershed moment in modern aerial warfare. Ukrainian-made Sting interceptor drones ...

The Pentagon's technology incubator has launched a competition seeking novel designs for uncrewed cargo aircraft capable of ...

DARPA has launched a prize challenge to demonstrate multicopter uncrewed aircraft that can carry payloads more than four times their weight in a stated goal of tapping into the U.S. “garage innovator” ...

Artificial intelligence-powered drones are making their first appearances on the battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine war as warfare creeps closer to full automation. In bombardments on Russian targets ...

Olympic barbell weights will be used as the drone’s payload for the DARPA Lift Challenge flyoff competition in mid-2026. Credit: DARPA Pentagon neglect played a key role in China gaining global ...

This is not your ordinary military drone. This one can transform into different shapes and pick stuff up right off the ground. Transporting military troops or delivering necessary supplies has become ...

The focus of this swarm sprint is on enabling improved swarm autonomy through enhancements of swarm platforms and/or autonomy elements, with the operational backdrop of utilizing a diverse swarm of 50 ...

Forward-looking: AI-driven drone swarms – once a distant battlefield concept – are edging closer to frontline deployment as defense contractors roll out new software enabling large groups of unmanned ...