An innovative balloon-like aircraft capable of fast transitioning between two states -being lighter than air and heavier than air - has been flown for the first time. It adopts a technique known as ...

A team from academia and industry has begun flight testing an aircraft powered by a variable-buoyancy propulsion system. Although it looks like a winged airship, the Phoenix, development of which is ...

For all the buzz about drones zipping over New Jersey, the Garden State is no stranger to odd sights in its skies. The drone phenomenon has captured imaginations worldwide, dominating headlines and ...

The team behind the ultra-long endurance autonomous aircraft includes representatives from academia and industry. Andrew Rae, Professor of Engineering at the University of the Highlands and Islands ...

Researchers from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) have helped create a revolutionary new type of aircraft. Phoenix is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to stay in the air ...

The Phoenix repeatedly switches from being lighter than air and heavier than air to generate thrust. An innovative solar-powered aircraft that can stay in the sky for prolonged periods of time by ...

Coventry’s Manufacturing Technology Centre is playing a major role in a ground-breaking project to develop the world’s first unmanned variable buoyancy-powered ‘ultra-long’ endurance aircraft. The ...

With the rapid rate that drone technology is advancing, we shouldn't be surprised when increasingly complex UAVs hit the scene with fanfare. But the Phoenix, a new drone out of the United Kingdom, is ...

Researchers from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) have helped create a revolutionary new type of aircraft. Phoenix is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to stay in the air ...