A black-footed albatross soars over the Pacific Ocean. Engineers are working to mimic the amazing ability of albatrosses to harness the wind for the next generation of autonomous drones. How does one ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—The federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has selected Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory to be a prime performer for its ...

Birds can soar through the sky for long periods without flapping their wings. They achieve this by using rising warm air, shifting wind patterns, and the natural movement of the atmosphere. Inspired ...

UC Professor Sameh Eisa is using the flight mechanics of albatrosses to develop more energy-efficient, wind-adaptive drones through a DARPA-funded biomimicry project. Albatrosses, with wingspans ...

Birds like this black-browed albatross employ dynamic soaring to save energy in flight. Aerospace engineers at the University of Cincinnati are designing autonomous drones that can identify wind speed ...

Shearwater Aerospace has been selected as a subcontractor for DARPA’s Albatross program, which is exploring the use of weather-informed mission planning and real-time sensing of dynamic wind ...