US Army Tests Northrop Flying Wing
Shape look familiar? This historic video from the US National Archives shows the Northrop Flying Wing (N-1M) being tested over the Mojave Desert in 1941.
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Peregrine Rotary Wing UAS Conducts Initial Royal Navy Flying Trials from HMS Lancaster
In late August, 700X Naval Air Squadron conducted the first flying trials of the Peregrine RWAUS from HMS Lancaster in the Gulf of Oman.
India Successfully Tests Flying-Wing UAV
The DRDO Friday successfully demonstrated the flight trial of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, an indigenous high-speed flying wing UAV from the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga in Karnataka.
Winged Microchip is Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure
Northwestern University engineers have added a new capability to electronic microchips: flight. About the size of a grain of sand, the new flying microchip (or “microflier”) does not have a motor or engine. Instead, it catches flight on the wind — much like a maple tree’s propeller seed — and spins like a helicopter through […]
Flying Ship & PROBOTEK to Deliver Smart Robotic Wing-in-Ground-Effect Maritime Vessels
The Flying Ship Technologies, Corp. and PROBOTEK have signed an agreement to work collaboratively and jointly integrate PROBOTEK’s proprietary technologies and software into Flying Ship’s ground effect vessels to enable smart, safe and green autonomous and semi-autonomous operations with realtime vessel system monitoring and reactive collision avoidance.
Wingcopter Joins Flying Labs Network on Local Drone Delivery Projects
Wingcopter, the German developer, manufacturer and operator of unmanned delivery drones for commercial and humanitarian applications, has joined forces with the Flying Labs Network as a Technology Partner.
Flying Dutchman Flies 100 Meters by Flapping His Wings
Jarno Smeets, a 32 year-old Dutchman and creator of the Human Birdwings Project, made history on Sunday with a record-breaking flight of over 100 meters in his local park achieved purely by flapping his wings.
Kinematics of Kestrel Wing and Tail Morphing During Hovering Flights
A new joint study by RMIT and the University of Bristol has revealed secrets to the remarkably steady flight of kestrels and could inform future drone designs and flight control strategies.