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 ...

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 ...

Urban aerial surveillance capabilities are already seen as a crucial element in the information mosaic required for any smart city of the future, and last week's TM Forum Smart City In Focus ...

Researchers have developed a way to fabricate a new type of wing that can change its shape in flight for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) cheaply and efficiently using a novel 4D-printing process, they ...

Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer and manufacturer of distributed electric propulsion tilt-wing and multi-rotor uncrewed aircraft vehicles (UAV), today announced it has secured a contract ...

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 ...

Suspended from a yellow frame, the manta-like shape shakes almost imperceptibly as the second X-48B demonstrator undergoes final testing before being shipped to Edwards AFB in California. The ground ...

A new WingXpand unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is to be unveiled at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida, WingXpand told Janes on 11 May ahead of the event. The WingXpand ...

Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed 3D morphing wings they believe could help small aircraft safely navigate windy urban streets. The wing design could also help aircraft land ...

A high-altitude unmanned-aerial-vehicle prototype, powered by solar panels and batteries, performs functions commonly attributed to spacecraft flying in low Earth orbits. HAPS is happening. UAVOS Inc.