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

DARPA's Lift Challenge aims to develop small uncrewed aircraft systems (drones) capable of carrying up to four times their own weight, a substantial leap from the typical 1:1 payload-to-weight ratio.

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 ...