10 March 2026
Drones | Issue Cover Articles in 2025


The articles listed below have been selected as the 2025 Issue Cover Articles for Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X). These articles represent the latest research advancements in the journal’s field, and we hope that they will provide authors with new research topics and serve as valuable references for future scholars.

1. “Autonomous Underwater Glider: A Comprehensive Review”
by Enrico Petritoli and Fabio Leccese
Drones 2025, 9(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9010021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/1/21

2. “Development and Experimental Validation of a Sense-and-Avoid System for a Mini-UAV”
by Marco Fiorio, Roberto Galatolo and Gianpietro Di Rito
Drones 2025, 9(2), 96; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9020096
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/2/96

3. “Air Route Network Planning Method of Urban Low-Altitude Logistics UAV with Double-Layer Structure”
by Zhuolun Li, Shan Li, Jian Lu and Sixi Wang
Drones 2025, 9(3), 193; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9030193
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/3/193

4. “AI-Driven UAV and IoT Traffic Optimization: Large Language Models for Congestion and Emission Reduction in Smart Cities”
by Álvaro Moraga, J. de Curtò, I. de Zarzà and Carlos T. Calafate
Drones 2025, 9(4), 248; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9040248
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/4/248

5. “Bridging ACO-Based Drone Logistics and Computing Continuum for Enhanced Smart City Applications”
by Salvatore Rosario Bassolillo, Egidio D’Amato, Immacolata Notaro, Luca D’Agati, Giovanni Merlino and Giuseppe Tricomi
Drones 2025, 9(5), 368; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9050368
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/5/368

6. “A Review on the Construction, Modeling, and Consistency of Digital Twins for Advanced Air Mobility Applications”
by Tianxiong Zhang, Dominik Grzelak, Wanqi Zhao, Md Ashraful Islam, Hartmut Fricke and Uwe Aßmann
Drones 2025, 9(6), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9060394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/6/394

7. “Towards Efficiency and Endurance: Energy–Aerodynamic Co-Optimization for Solar-Powered Micro Air Vehicles”
by Weicheng Di, Xin Dong, Zixing Wei, Haoji Liu, Zhan Tu, Daochun Li and Jinwu Xiang
Drones 2025, 9(7), 493; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9070493
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/7/493

8. “Design of Message Formatting and Utilization Strategies for UAV-Based Pseudolite Systems Compatible with GNSS Receivers”
by Guanbing Zhang, Yang Zhang, Hong Yuan, Yi Lu and Ruocheng Guo
Drones. 2025; 9(8):526. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9080526
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/8/526

9. “Tightly-Coupled Air-Ground Collaborative System for Autonomous UGV Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments”
by Jiacheng Deng, Jierui Liu and Jiangping Hu
Drones 2025, 9(9), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9090614
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/9/614

10. “Research on Decision-Making Strategies for Multi-Agent UAVs in Island Missions Based on Rainbow Fusion MADDPG Algorithm”
by Chaofan Yang, Bo Zhang, Meng Zhang, Qi Wang and Peican Zhu
Drones 2025, 9(10), 673; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9100673
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/10/673

11. “Thinking Like an Expert: Aligning LLM Thought Processes for Automated Safety Modeling of High-Altitude Solar Drones”
by Qingran Su, Xingze Li, Yuming Ren, Bing Fu, Chunming Hu and Yongfeng Yin
Drones 2025, 9(11), 780; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9110780
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/11/780

12. “A Systematic Review of Urban Air Mobility Development: eVTOL Drones’ Technological Challenges and Low-Altitude Policies of Shenzhen”
by Jinhong Xu, Chenxi Guan, Yunpeng Wang, Junjie Zhuang and Wenbiao Gan
Drones 2025, 9(12), 842; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9120842
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/12/842

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