What this means is that the Valo took off vertically, switched to an aircraft-like mode of operation, and then back to ...

AIR successfully completed its first flight in a heavy-lift cargo eVTOL – one of the world's largest in its class.

AIR, the leading manufacturer and developer of smart aircraft, today announced the successful first flight of its Production AIR Cargo-Heavy Lift UAS, representing one of the world's largest ...

Joby and L3Harris are proposing the S4-T as a Group 4+ uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) for three Army missions: reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition, advanced teaming, and launched ...

A NATO ally has begun operating a vertical takeoff and landing drone engineered to maintain flight and complete missions even ...

We've seen lots of designs for vertical take-off and landing vehicles over the years, but none are quite as striking as the ...

The Bell X-22 was a ducted fan VTOL aircraft created to explore a new path between helicopters and conventional airplanes.

From 'sleep mode' engines to foldaway wingtip rotors, the biggest players in VTOL are ditching 50-year-old designs for ...

British company Vertical Aerospace announced the completion of the first piloted thrustborne transition for a full-scale eVTOL aircraft in the Valo class ...

There are lots of acronyms for electric aviation, but eVTOL has stood the test of time for 15 years. In August 2014, NASA unveiled its GL-10 "Greased Lightning" vectored-thrust eVTOL demonstrator with ...

VTOL drones may be versatile, but the weight and aerodynamic drag of their extra hardware results in a shorter range than that of their fixed-wing-only counterparts. That's where the FLARES system ...