Rain Aero, a California-based company using advanced aviation technologies to fight wildfires, has successfully equipped both a small rotorcraft drone and a full-sized Black Hawk helicopter with a kit ...

Russia is reevaluating its ground warfare strategy as drones reshape military operations, diminishing the role of traditional ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - When a fire filled the Cascade Range's rugged canyons in southwestern Oregon with smoke in 2011, firefighters started thinking an unmanned aircraft might help them get a look ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is advancing the development of a multirotor drone designed to carry a maximum payload of 200 kilograms and achieve a flight range of 200 kilometers. While this ...

“You could go off to the hobby shop, buy a little remote control helicopter and fly it to your heart’s content,” McDuffee said. “But if you hung a digital camera on that, took pictures of your ...

I’m a huge fan of helicopters. If there’s a helicopter flying where I can see it, I usually stop and watch it. As a kid, one of my favorite Christmas presents was called the Vertibird, which was a toy ...

A remote controlled helicopter drone being flown by a Fair Oaks resident on Thursday, November 6, 2014. On Tuesday, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors reviewed multiple presentations and ...