Hoping to push Mars exploration into top gear and do recon for a future crewed landing, AeroVironment has released its ...

The Skyfall concept reimagines Mars landings, deploying a six-helicopter swarm to autonomously scout for resources and future ...

A recent article from drone industry insider, Dronelife.com, said that: "The drone industry in the United States is ...

American defense contractor AeroVironment presented the Skyfall, a concept for dropping six exploration helicopters on the ...

The glaciers on Mars may be purely made of water-ice and it could help create much needed resources for future settlers.

The mission, called Skyfall, would use a capsule to drop down towards the Martian surface, open up before it impacts, and out ...

AeroVironment, Inc. today unveiled Skyfall, a next-generation Mars helicopter concept developed with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to support future crewed missions by 2028 through autonomous ...

The “Skyfall maneuver” is the core innovation of the Skyfall mission. Instead of relying on a standard, costly, and complex ...

With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, ...

In an exciting development, the plucky helicopter has now inspired Skyfall, a mission concept recently unveiled by Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who ...

AeroVironment and NASA's JPL have shown off a wild concept for deploying six helicopters above the surface of Mars.

The Skyfall mission by NASA and Virginia-based AeroVironment plans to send six helicopters to Mars in one go, having all of them landing independently in different places. They will scout for spots ...