Dossier
Hao Xu
Coverage of Hao Xu in the Nexus archive.
- DARPA challenge pushes limits of heavy-lift drone technology
DARPA's inaugural Lift Challenge aims to revolutionize heavy vertical-lift aviation by finding a drone capable of lifting four times its own weight. The $6.5 million competition, part of the Defense Department's Drone Dominance initiative, seeks to reduce costs for industries like agriculture and logistics by advancing payload-to-weight ratios in drone technology.