The propeller turns one way while the aircraft carrying it turns the other. That counter-rotation is the central mechanism behind Phantom Twist, a single-propeller drone designed by Northwestern ...

It turns out, however, that you can get a pretty good approximation by just spinning really fast. That’s the idea behind a drone developed by researchers at Northwestern University, anyway. The drone ...

A team of engineers from Northwestern University has developed the rapidly spinning drone “Phantom Twist,” which utilizes the concept of motion blur to appear almost invisible. While still visible, it ...

The propeller and body of the drone both spin, counter to each other, at a rate that human eyes struggle to register.

Northwestern University engineers have unveiled Phantom Twist, a groundbreaking low-visibility UAV that exploits human visual perception to hide in plain sight. The drone spins its entire body at up ...

A new drone spins so fast that it blurs into a faint haze, exploiting the limits of human vision to become nearly invisible in flight.

The rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) is the new Holy Grail of the aerospace industry. The way such a technology works promises unprecedented speeds for aircraft and spacecraft, prompting ...

Venus Aerospace conducted its first powered flight last month, reaching Mach 0.9 with a drone. The 8-foot-long vehicle was dropped from an Aero L-29 Delfín aircraft at 12,000 feet and flew under the ...