Boeing company Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a flying-wing design with embedded lift fans as its candidate for a DARPA program to build a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-plane.

The Manta vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing utilizes a Y3 configuration with a tilting rotor design, combining the advantages of multirotor hover capability with the efficient cruising ...

BAT, a vertical take-off stealth jet designed for runway-free operations and powered by the firm’s Hivemind AI pilot. U.S.

It seems like autonomous aircraft makers are indulging in a bit of oneupsmanship as Shield AI rolls out its X-BAT VTOL ...

Control, can be flown in the U.S. without a license, but using its more advanced features may breach FAA rules.

US company Shield AI is developing an unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) ‘strike jet' for runway-free operations.

Jetson’s futuristic eVTOLs took to the skies in Arkansas for the world’s first personal aerial vehicle race, proving sci-fi ...

Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin’s decision to build a hybrid tilt-wing technology demonstrator is a significant step forward for eVTOL aircraft. We are in a unique position to say this, as Dufour ...

Sikorsky has been flying its Rotor Blown Wing (RBW) vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) prototype over the past year and a half to evaluate the design and has briefed the U.S. Army on the aircraft ...

Metro Aviation, a major U.S. air ambulance operator, has ordered up to 20 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Alia aircraft from Beta Technologies to integrate into its fleet. The ...

GE Aerospace has announced that it will enter a partnership with aviation startup Beta Technologies, a bit of a David-and-Goliath pairing. GE is one of the industry's biggest names; its engines fly ...