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Through its Tactical Technology Office (TTO), DARPA wants to move drones to the next level with its Lift Challenge – a US$6.5-million competition aimed at creating small drones capable of lifting ...

Olympic barbell weights will be used as the drone’s payload for the DARPA Lift Challenge flyoff competition in mid-2026. Credit: DARPA Pentagon neglect played a key role in China gaining global ...

The Pentagon’s secretive technology incubator has launched its latest X-plane competition, this time with an eye toward identifying concepts for a highly efficient uncrewed cargo drone. The US Defense ...

DARPA's Lift Challenge aims to develop small uncrewed aircraft systems (drones) capable of carrying up to four times their own weight, a substantial leap from the typical 1:1 payload-to-weight ratio.

Redwire has won a $44m contract to advance the “Otter” mission of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This will take place in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO). The award provides ...

A multi-million-dollar award by DARPA to a space start-up reveals a new path to achieving space-based missile defense. New Mexico-based Space Kinetic Corp. is developing the Longbow, an ...

The First Global Challenge takes place in a different country each year. FIRST Global invites each nation to send a team to build and program a robot for competition. Teams work together to complete ...

South Korea’s major defense giants have amassed roughly $69 billion in order backlogs as of late 2024, according to media reports. Seoul is also accelerating investment in advanced weapons systems and ...