NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday, after an unexpected outage prompted fears that the hard-working craft had finally met its end.

It may be hard to believe, but self-flying military helicopters already exist and are undergoing real-world testing. We're not talking about theoretical concepts or something exciting happening in the ...

Robinson Helicopter has produced conventional rotorcraft for more than half a century. But the company is making autonomous and remotely piloted aircraft a key part of its future. Robinson this month ...

Scanning the horizon, maintaining steady speed and throttle, watching the RPMs, and double-checking….altitude? It turns out the multi-tasking skillset of riding motorcycles translates to flying a ...

AeroVironment and NASA JPL have unveiled "Skyfall," a concept for a fleet of six self-flying helicopters intended for future Mars missions by 2028. Building on the success of the Mars *Ingenuity* ...

Last month, a modified Robinson R44 lifted off from Roland-Désourdy Airport in Bromont, Quebec, and completed what may be the most consequential short flight in rotorcraft history. It was the first ...

Skyryse successfully completed the first flight of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter integrated with its SkyOS universal flight operating system, demonstrating automated takeoffs, hovers, and landings ...