Most of the drones that have begun to appear in the skies above the U.S. homeland don't resemble the Predators or Reapers flown by the U.S. military and CIA above Afghanistan and Pakistan. Instead ...

Assuming a total drone plus human mass of 70 kg I can first calculate the required thrust speed in order to hover. With these values I get 43 m/s—that seems plausible.

If you are looking for bigger drones capable of carrying a human then look no further than the Hexa Lift, a single seater drone that anyone can learn to fly with under 1 hour of training say it ...

The Predator and Reaper drones deployed in these regions typically carry 100-pound laser-guided Hellfire missiles or 500-pound GPS-guided smart bombs that can reduce buildings to smoldering rubble.

Multiple drones are seen over Bernardsville, New Jersey, December 5, 2024. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said on December 12, 2024 that concerns about the drones had spread across Capitol ...