In the 1960s, France developed the Nord 500—a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft powered by twin ducted fans that promised speed, agility, and versatility decades ahead of its time. With ...

XTI Lands Up to $55M to Develop VTOL Business Aircraft The investment gives the company a post-sale valuation of about $275M as it works to develop its flagship TriFan 600.

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA's Speed & Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. Early ground effect testing ...

Three companies will help prepare for the integration of as-yet-unspecified turboshaft engines Three partners are helping XTI Aerospace develop the drivetrain for its TriFan 600 VTOL aircraft.

VTOL: Vertical Take-Off and Landing, referring to aircraft capable of lifting off and landing vertically. Ducted Fan: A propulsion system where a fan or rotor is enclosed within a duct, enhancing ...

Piasecki Aircraft's Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct VTOL aircraft has completed its maiden flight. On September 6 at Piasecki's West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the ...

Inflync launched a pre-Series A round to fund construction of a full-scale prototype of its planned L600 Pioneer ducted-fan tiltwing hybrid-electric air taxi.