A London-based company has created a new type of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone. Called HYDRA-400, the drone has successfully completed its first flight. Developed by Hybrid Drones Limited ...

Next-generation Alta X drone delivers enhanced autonomy, smart payload integration, and enterprise workflow support, with standard and NDAA-compliant configurations ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 5, 2026 ...

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) issued a challenge, the DARPA Lift Challenge, in October 2025 to develop novel drone designs that have greater payload-to-weight ratio. DARPA, which ...

Windracers, the British dual-use heavy-lift drone company, has become the first heavy-lift drone operator in the world to achieve Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) Green status, ...

DARPA has initiated a $6.5m industrial competition to design a concept for a vertical heavy-lift drone, aiming to overcome what has hitherto been an unavoidable trade off between payload and weight.

Credit: Parallel Flight Technologies Parallel Flight Technologies has received a key regulatory approval that allows it to begin commercial deployment of its heavy-lift, hybrid-electric uncrewed ...

Drones aren't yet licensed to carry passengers, but some may already be airlifting wounded personnel off the battlefield and could be employed for smuggling people ...

More and more Colorado search-and-rescue groups are using drones in backcountry missions — not only to search for missing people but to drop care packages, scout for safe routes and even lift heavy ...

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard are turning to drones to boost maritime power when manufacturing and acquiring new ships. Both services over the past year have sought to integrate a wide variety of ...