Under the terms of the order, Volatus delivered two advanced drone systems: a fixed-wing VTOL drone optimized for covert ...

The five-year contract includes the procurement of JUMP 20 air vehicles, engineering services, initial sustainment, and more.

Fixed-wing aircraft will fly at about 1,500 feet and collect data for engineering design and asset management, according to a news release from the power provider, which is jointly owned by the ...

Italy has contracted with American uncrewed aircraft supplier AeroVironment for a new fleet of Jump 20 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL ... use in the ship-based maritime environment, where ...

Iran, China, and Turkey have built drone aircraft carriers that could enhance their power at a fraction of the cost of crewed ...

The use of the Italian-made OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun to destroy the Houthi drone allowed to preserve the larger and costlier ASTER surface-to-air ...

Abstract: The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability into commercial and ... the on-board sensing and computational capability of the UAV.

Poor VRE performance can limit the environments in which a UAV can safely operate, especially when faced with the high-vibration environments common to rotorcraft and fixed-wing drones. By minimizing ...