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Ingenuity, NASA’s groundbreaking Mars helicopter, has captivated space enthusiasts around the globe,but one crucial limitation remains: it can’t fly at night. In this video, we explore why Ingenuity, ...

Luxury helicopters are never cheap, but this one starts at a whopping $14 million and can cost up to $20 million. Here's what ...

This paper presents the design and evaluation of a new axial-flux low-speed and high-torque matrix-rotor induction machine. Iron wires embedded in a cupper matrix comprise the solid rotor structure.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Bell Helicopters to build the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) unmanned ...

A series of recent patent filings from Safran Aircraft Engines could hint at some of the innovations being contemplated for ...

Based on the application requirements of a flywheel energy storage system, an external rotor ironless brushless dc machine (BLDCM) is designed and optimized. The finite element method is adopted to ...

American defense contractor Bell was selected by DARPA to move forward with the build of its aircraft for the Speed and ...

DARPA named Bell Textron to proceed with the next phase of its SPRINT X-Plane project, to design and build an aircraft that ...

Scientists tested a 500-year-old flying machine design by Leonardo da Vinci using computers and found it could make today's ...

Bell's concept for an advanced tiltrotor-jet hybrid aircraft will move into the build stage of the US Defense Advanced ...

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has been selected for Phase 2 of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ...