DARPA has announced the four companies that will compete for the contract to design, build and test an X-Plane demonstrator capable of high-speed cruise, hover and VTOL for its Speed and Runway ...

DARPA has selected six companies to take concepts for a shipborne vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft through a preliminary design review (PDR) on the way to flying a planned X-plane ...

Australian zero-emission aircraft designer and manufacturer AMSL Aero has today signed an order and received deposits for 10 of its Vertiia vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, with an ...

British VTOL maker Vertical Aerospace announced it is getting ready to perform a piloted transition test flight of the Valo ...

The Cavorite X7 is designed to fly safely in clouds and known icing conditions at faster speeds and lower operating costs than helicopters, aiming for undisrupted flight operations worldwide TORONTO, ...

Anduril Industries Inc. (“Anduril”) and Archer Aviation Inc. (“Archer”) announced today that they have entered into an exclusive agreement to jointly develop a next-generation aircraft for defense ...

Doors covering the embedded lift fans are open in the vertical flight phase. Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed ...

The Vertiia is one of today's most impressive VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft. It's a trailblazer for Australia's AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) and a global industry innovator, claiming to ...

The Convair XF-Y Pogo was the world’s first true VTOL fighter aircraft to successfully take off vertically, transition to ...

London startup Lyte Aviation is thinking big when it comes to VTOL aircraft. Forget your piddly five-seaters, Lyte says its first aircraft will be a 44-seat monster with a 300-km/h (186-mph) top speed ...