In its recent Lift Challenge, DARPA came close to finding a drone that could lift four times its own weight.

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 ...

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) issued a challenge, the DARPA Lift Challenge, in October 2025 to develop novel drone designs that have greater payload-to-weight ratio. DARPA, which ...

As military missions become more complicated, warfighters need more capable drones to use across diverse scenarios. The same also applies to civilian applications, like infrastructure inspection, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A resupply drone takes off during a heavy unmanned aerial resupply test flight at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near ...

Hundreds of applicants hope to compete in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Lift Challenge, which is designed to transform drone operations with a deceptively simple goal: make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AVIDrone Inc., from Columbia, Maryland, won first place and $1.25 million in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Lift ...