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 ...

In a single flight, fixed-wing drones carrying a LiDAR payload have a system precision of 2.5 centimeters and system accuracy of 3 centimeters at 100 meters above ground level (AGL). Censys ...

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 ...

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

AV Flies Wildcat VTOL UAS In DARPA’s Evade Project is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week ...

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.

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