In the early 60s, there were several studies into creating the first mass-produced vtol aircraft. A plane that could operate ...

DARPA has completed flight-testing of a sub-scale version of a novel aircraft design as part of its Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane program, and is proceeding with work to develop a ...

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 ...

Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) today announced they are exploring opportunities to develop a new aircraft class for defense applications. The gas turbine hybrid ...

There are a lot of insane aircraft designs that never saw the light of day, and many have asked how they compare to each ...

Shield AI, the software-focused company known for its widely used Hivemind autonomy system, plans to enter into the world of high-end aircraft development with an uncrewed fighter it calls X-BAT. The ...

The European investors who recently lost out to Archer Aviation in efforts to acquire the assets of Lilium have turned their attention to another VTOL aircraft start-up. On November 11, the Advanced ...

The X-13 was developed in the 1950s, at a time when aerospace research was perhaps at its most fervent. The Ryan X-13 Vertijet was an experimental aircraft built to test vertical takeoffs and landings ...

Helicopter manufacturer will build an X-plane for Phase 2 of Pentagon’s SPRINT program Bell Textron says its high-speed VTOL aircraft, featuring a folding rotor propusion system, will be able to ...

Back before Blade Runner captured our imaginations, sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury envisioned small personal helicopters that people would use to commute around the cities of the future. Well, the Janus-1 ...

Shield AI and GE Aerospace have confirmed that the GE Aerospace F110-GE-129 engine will power the developmental X-Bat unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter aircraft. The pair have ...

Flight testing expected to start in fall 2025, with operational demonstrations expected in 2026 New aircraft class could be used for a wide range of low-altitude support use-cases Gas turbine hybrid ...