The Dornier Do-31 was a monster of Cold War ambition - ten roaring jet engines, vertical takeoff capabilities, and the speed ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aurora Flight Sciences is developing a fan-in-wing blended wing body aircraft concept as part of a U.S. military program exploring ...

If you are still one of those people who believe electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft are just a thing of the moment, think again. Archer Aviation, the VTOL company that has the ...

When someone mentions vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft, the Harrier "Jump Jet" immediately springs to mind — and with good reason. The AV-8B Harrier is a proven ground-attack aircraft ...

Transcend Air's ground bound scale model test rig consists of an in-house fabricated boom, a one-fifth Vy400 scale model and a 2006 Toyota Sequoia SUV. Transcend Air plans to launch production of its ...

It's been years since the shadow of vertical take-off and landing aircraft has been looming, but it appears it will finally materialize, sooner than expected: come 2028, such aircraft will fly for the ...

Abu Dhabi completes first drone delivery trial with ITC and LODD Autonomous, and unveils VTOL aircraft plans to transform regional logistics Abu Dhabi has completed a successful drone delivery trial ...

While a multitude of companies are jostling to compete in the emerging electric VTOL air taxi market, it's very rare to find aircraft designs carrying more than five people. But British multinational ...

NASA’s rotorcraft research is focusing on technical challenges, which—if overcome—could open the door for regional jet-size vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft to operate quietly and ...

Though much of the emerging vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) sector is focused on fully electric vehicles, Canadian developer Horizon Aircraft is taking a different tack with its proposed Cavorite ...

Bell has developed a pair of Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) scalable modular unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft capable of transporting payloads such as medical equipment, ammo, ...