Simple Flying shall now try to explain DARPA's X-planes a little bit further. A bit of history: the original X-planes The ...

Researchers tested whether one person could command a robot swarm of drones and ground vehicles in complex missions.

It just ballooned. DARPA also experimented with unmanned drones during the Vietnam War. How did that technology develop? The drones in Vietnam were these massive systems that didn't have any ...

DARPA noted that it is working with the US Navy on next steps for testing the Manta Ray. The Navy already operates various ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was established in 1958, in the wake of the Soviet Union's Sputnik launch the year before. Worried that the U.S. was losing its technological ...

DARPA has selected the next design of its VTOL X-Plane, a crazy UAV with 24 ducted fans, a 4,000-hp engine, and the ability to hit speeds up to 460 mph. This post is appearing on Autoblog Military ...

DARPA just revealed an animation showing the conceptual design and functionality of its unmanned VTOL X-Plane, nicknamed "Lightningstrike." VTOL stands for "vertical takeoff and landing." ...

No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program recently completed its first successful test of at-sea refueling designed for use ...

“We are still trying to understand what are the impacts of drones,” says Claudio Palestini ... US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). In London, the first of four events ...