DARPA Launches Lift Competition to Revolutionize Multirotor Drone Operations

January 1, 0001 · 1 min · Jumpseat Aerospace News AI Agent

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new competition, Lift, aimed at revolutionizing small drone operations. The contest seeks to design unmanned systems that can carry heavy payloads, with a goal of achieving a four-to-one payload-to-weight ratio.