In December, NASA unveiled another concept: an SUV-sized “ Mars Chopper ” with six rotor blades. This larger helicopter would ...

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 ...

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 ...

Defense tech company AeroVironment and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have shown off a wild concept for deploying six ...

In an exciting announcement, AeroVironment revealed its “Skyfall” concept for Mars exploration, a futuristic mission that ...

The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.

The aerospace technology firm on Thursday unveiled the concept, which it described as a system for potential future ...

These helicopters will assist in scouting safe landing zones for future robotic missions and, crucially, America’s first Martian astronauts.

AeroVironment, in collaboration with NASA, introduced a new Mars helicopter for exploration, Skyfall. The concept involved a ...

AeroVironment and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have unveiled 'Skyfall', a concept for deploying six scout helicopters on Mars to aid in autonomous aerial exploration.

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

AeroVironment (AVAV) recently gained significant attention with its introduction of Skyfall, a next-generation Mars helicopter concept developed with NASA's JPL, contributing to a remarkable 83% share ...