Pakistan, Aug. 10 -- Two Pakistani universities and one Saudi institution have successfully designed, developed, and tested a hybrid autopilot Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) drone, marking a major milestone in regional drone technology for surveillance purposes.

The project was a joint effort between King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi National Textile Arabia University Faisalabad, and Pak Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (PAF-IAST) Haripur.

Engineers from renowned Pakistani universities contributed to the project, including team lead Hassan Iftikhar, Dr. Naeem Ullah Khan, Dr. Sohail Malik, Ayyub Asghar, Sanam Khan, and Farhan Ali Shami, each playing key technical ro...