BAE Systems has announced that STRIX, a new type of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, made its first flight in late October. The flight was reportedly successful, paving the way for ...

It seems like autonomous aircraft makers are indulging in a bit of oneupsmanship as Shield AI rolls out its X-BAT VTOL Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that combines the ability to land and take ...

Demonstrator aircraft integrates hybrid turbine into Joby’s proven electric aircraft platform Aircraft flew just three months after announcement of hybrid concept, demonstrating value of vertical ...

We are used to thinking about vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft as being powered by spinning blades. After all, just like helicopters, they need spinning blades to lift off and move around ...

We've been talking about vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for so long, without actually getting anywhere, that we've kind of given up hope of seeing them serve the needs of the so-called ...

When President Trump signed an executive order accelerating U.S. drone production and advanced air systems, many people focused their attention on defense. But embedded within that policy was ...

Key Points - The Convair Model 200 was a supersonic, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter jet proposed for the US Navy in the 1970s. -It was designed to operate from a new class of small "Sea ...

Joby Aviation announced its electric VTOL aircraft, which it is developing alongside L3Harris Technologies, had its first flight in California on Nov. 7. (Joby Aviation) Joby Aviation and L3Harris ...

The Army has detailed an extensive plan for evaluating hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platforms and enabling technologies, with an aim to hold capability demonstrations between ...

Some technologies, like smartphones, have a transformative impact on entire sectors of the economy and our everyday lives. Advances in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, are driving ...

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing design, which can now be applied to larger aircraft for unmanned aerial logistics and even tactical ISR missions. Sikorsky announced it has ...

Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation have come together to rapidly advance aerial warfare. This partnership aims to develop a next-generation hybrid-propulsion vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) ...