Stars and Stripes

Millions in prize money offered in DOD contest to design drones to haul heavy loads

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s tactical technology office is sponsoring the contest, which kicked off earlier this month.
JD Supra

DARPA Announces “Lift Challenge,” Seeking Drone Designs With High Payload-To-Weight Ratios

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) issued a challenge, the DARPA Lift Challenge, in October 2025 to develop novel drone designs that have greater payload-to-weight ratio. DARPA, which ...
AOL

Video Friday: DARPA Challenge Focuses on Heavy Lift Drones

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few ...
Aviation Week

Winning DARPA’s Launch Challenge A Daunting Task For Startup Astra

The two-week window for the first flight under DARPA’s Launch Challenge opened on Feb. 17. For California startup Astra, the sole competitor left in the responsive-launch contest, it will also be the ...
Homeland Security Today

Robots to Drive Polaris RANGER at DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

One of the hardest tasks for robots in the 2013 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge Trials was driving. During the DRC Finals in June, the 25 competing robots and ...