One of the US Air Force's first official combat drones has taken to the air after only a year of building and development.

Most people have heard of autonomous cars. But what about autonomous planes? A Boston company is now working to put the pilotless planes in the sky. "The air is still quite dangerous, so if we can get ...

This Airborne Robot Pickup Truck Could Be A Lifeline For U.S. Troops In War With China Grid Aero wants to build fleets of low-cost, long-range autonomous cargo planes that could foil Chinese defenses ...

Waymo has spent years locked in back-and-forth negotiations with SFO, the biggest airport serving its home base of Silicon ...

An advanced system designed by a Californian firm is soon to be tested by the U.S. Air Force. Reliable Robotics has signed a $17.4 million deal to supply its autonomous aircraft systems to the United ...

Cirrus Aircraft unveiled its new Safe Return Emergency Autoland system at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 21. The system allows passengers to land the plane in case of pilot incapacitation with a push of ...

A similar change is taking place in the field of autonomous flight. It wasn't that long ago that an aircraft that were capable of taxiing, takeoff, going from Point A to B, and then landing on its own ...

Joby Aviation is often cast as a developer of commercial electric air taxis, but the publicly traded company has also pursued a separate track to market through a long-standing relationship with the U ...