A newly released video showed Chinese elite special forces deploying a trove of electric gadgets, including jet surfboads and bird-like biomimetic drones, during a a televised combat demonstration.

An curved arrow pointing right. The Bionic Bird is a drone designed to look and fly just like a real bird. The drone can fly up to 12 miles per hour for 10 minutes at a time. Video courtesy of ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces have a small, fixed-wing "bomber" drone called the Backfire that they use to carry out ...

Amazon’s drones met more resistance in College Station, Texas, than in any other city in the US. Now they’re gone—and a sense ...

Most RC planes follow a simple control scheme: elevators for pitch, rudder for yaw, and ailerons for roll. This one-to-one mapping keeps things straightforward, and fewer actuators means less weight.

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This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Remote-controlled drones have become an invaluable tool for government agencies, researchers, filmmakers—anyone ...

A quick search online will reveal dozens of videos of drone and bird encounters. While it's always impressive to see a bird of prey take down a pesky quadcopter, the disturbance could impact the ...

Ukraine uses a drone that resembles a small airplane to bomb Russian targets behind the front lines. The Backfire drone offers a solution to strike deep without compromising payload, its maker says.

Ukraine uses a drone that resembles a small airplane to bomb Russian targets behind the front lines. The Backfire drone offers a solution to strike deep without compromising payload, its maker says. A ...