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This 13-Pound Drone Carried 50 Kilos over 9 Kilometres: the Da...

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The Darpa has just completed a strange competition with the Lift Challenge. A competition designed to push the limits of heavy air transport by drone. Each candidate aircraft had to be able to carry a mass of twice its weight. The images are surprising.
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This 13-Pound Drone Carried 50 Kilos over 9 Kilometres: the Da...

The Darpa has just completed a strange competition with the Lift Challenge. A competition designed to push the limits of heavy air transport by drone. Each candidate aircraft had to be able to carry a mass of twice its weight. The images are surprising.

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Futura broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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