WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment, Inc. (AV)(NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced it has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved -- controlled precision hovering and fast-forward ...

In the annals of aviation, the flight of the AV Nano Hummingbird last month may not rank with Wilbur Wright’s takeoff from Kill Devil Hill in 1903, but it was a landmark nonetheless — the first remote ...

Engineers at Aeronvironment (AV) of Monrovia, California, have demonstrated the world's first successful flight of the smallest ever self-powered, rudderless, aircraft with flapping wings. The nano ...

Here’s footage of AeroVironment’s Nano Hummingbird, which was built with DARPA funding. This robot bird was built to be a spy ornithopter, can fly at a speed of 11 miles per hour, and weighs as much ...

This little remote control robotic hummingbird can fly in any direction or even hover in place. While it looks like a souped-up fishing lure, small robots like this may just be the future of combat.

A Monrovia company has developed a pocket-size drone, dubbed the Nano Hummingbird for the way it flaps its tiny robotic wings, as a mini-spy plane capable of maneuvering on the battlefield and in ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A prototype robot spy "ornithopter," the Nano-Hummingbird, has successfully completed flight trials in California. Developed by the company AeroVironment Inc., the miniature spybot ...

Aerovironment has unveiled a new unmanned nano quadrotor, Snipe, designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Aerovironment has unveiled a new unmanned nano quadrotor, Snipe, ...