AeroVironment

In a setback for AeroVironment's four-year Global Observer demonstrator program, the first Global Observer unmanned aircraft system has crashed during flight-testing.

AeroVironment's 'Nano Hummingbird' is the first two-wing, flapping wing aircraft that carries its own energy source and relies only on its flapping wings for propulsion and control to achieve controlled precision hovering and fast-forward flight.

The Global Observer unmanned aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time using hydrogen-fueled propulsion.

AeroVironment has passed a critical milestone in the development of its Global Observer unmanned aircraft system.

THINK and AeroVironment are collaborating on a fast charging project for the THINK City electric vehicle with the goal of taking the EV from zero charge to 80 percent full in just 15 minutes.

Horizon's new hydrogen fuel cell increases flight endurance of unmanned aircraft by 300% over lithium battery powered systems.

AeroVironment has been awarded $4.6 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a new generation small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) with "perch-and-stare" surveillance capabilities.

AeroVironment has been awarded a series of patents relating to its "Architectural Wind® System" - an innovative wind-power system that takes advantage of the way air flows over certain types of buildings.

The United States Air Force BATMAV (Battlefield Air Targeting Micro Air Vehicle) program with AeroVironment's Wasp III Micro Air Vehicle has received approval for Full Rate Production. The Wasp is a portable, 16 inch (38 cm) long, rugged unmanned aerial platform designed for front-line reconnaissanc

Boeing has achieved a milestone in the development of its High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft by successfully testing a hydrogen propulsion system in simulated conditions of 65,000 feet.

The aeronautical world is mourning the loss of visionary inventor, designer and engineer Dr Paul MacCready, the "father of human-powered flight".

June 18, 2007 Another step towards exploding the perception that electric vehicles will never have the grunt, range or practicality of their oil guzzling, high-