Generally speaking though, once a drone was built a certain way (like say as a fixed-wing aircraft or a VTOL), you can't easily change the way the machine departs for a mission or comes back from it.

Discover the fascinating process of building a carbon fiber plane, focusing on the construction of a VTOL fixed-wing drone. From the design phase to the assembly of carbon fiber components, every ...

Xiaomi’s sub-brand FIMI Technology launched the Manta VTOL fixed-wing drone on Monday, priced at RMB 999 ($139). The lightweight drone features a tilting-rotor vertical takeoff and landing design, ...

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky has successfully flown its "rotor blown wing" drone in both helicopter and fixed-wing flight modes. ... (VTOL) design has potential to be scaled to a larger size, it said.

Forge secures a ₹137 crore (about $16.4 million USD) emergency procurement from the Indian Army for hybrid Mini UAVs.

Dideban and Shahin-1 VTOL drones. Iranian armed forces also unveiled two additional VTOL drones: one a typical foldable quadcopter, and the other a fixed-wing drone featuring a fuselage and wings ...

Earlier VTOL drones worked but were heavier, more expensive and not as user friendly. For example, in 2019 the U.S. Navy began testing the new VBAT VTOL drone. It looks like a small fixed-wing drone ...

The startup aims to boost its R&D and local production capabilities amid growing demand for drones in battlefields and for ...