The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has assigned the designation X-76 to its high-speed vertical takeoff and landing aircraft prototype under the SPRINT program, a step that follows a formal ...

What is it about VTOL military airplanes that billion-dollar aerospace companies just can't seem ever to get right? Well, as it happens, making a jet aircraft reliable at vertical takeoff and landing ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment (AV) successfully demonstrated its JUMP ® 20 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) with a heavy fuel engine. The higher horsepower and lower fuel burn rate ...

When President Trump signed an executive order accelerating U.S. drone production and advanced air systems, many people focused their attention on defense. But embedded within that policy was ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Transcend Air Corporation today announced an agreement with GE Aviation to develop and certify a custom variant of GE’s class-leading CT7-8 turboshaft helicopter engine to ...

The Rolls-Royce Griffith VTO was a proposed supersonic VTOL passenger aircraft built around separate lift and propulsion ...

Many air taxis are gearing up to provide emission-free short trips between cities, and there are even a few electric private jets that promise the satisfaction of flying solo without needing a pilot ...

Suter Industries is providing its TOA288 engine as part of the hybri-electric propulsion system for Dufour's Aero 2 autonomous drone. Dufour has already been flight-testing early versions of its Aero ...

The first prototype high-speed vertical take-off and landing car has moved from the assembly line into the first phase of multi-engine thrust testing, according to officials from Moller International, ...

“The addition of a heavy fuel engine to the JUMP 20 provides global forces an unparalleled VTOL solution with a longer operational lifespan, greater performance and efficient fuel consumption. It is ...