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

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

Ingenuity marked a number of milestones in space exploration. Arguably most importantly, it proved that powered flight was ...

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

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 ...

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

Today, AeroVironment, Inc. ("AV") (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain autonomous systems, revealed Skyfall—a potential future mission concept for next-generation Mars ...

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

With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, and the scientific research we would conduct making humanity’s first ...

While the duration of the Skyfall mission has not been revealed yet, its objective will be exploring regions that will ensure safe crew landings and have maximum amounts of water, ice, and other ...

Skyfall is designed to deploy six scout helicopters on Mars, where they would explore many of the sites selected by NASA and industry as top candidate landing sites for America's first Martian ...