In the 1960s the Fairey rotodyne concept was successfully tested but abandoned because of noise concerns. In more recent years Kareem Aircraft’s JHL heavy-lift VTOL craft, as well as Oliver VTOL’s ...

Bell will design and build a high-speed VTOL demonstrator for DARPA’s SPRINT program, as Aurora exits the competition.

DARPA named Bell Textron to proceed with the next phase of its SPRINT X-Plane project, to design and build an aircraft that ...

Sikorsky, the longtime manufacturer of rotorcraft such as the UH-60 Blackhawk and S-92 helicopter, is exploring a new family of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

Bell’s concept is scalable the company’s chief innovation strategist, Jeff Nissen affirms, a design that applies to aircraft from small to heavy, from 6,000 to 100,000 pounds takeoff weight.

From hyper-speed jets to electric planes, autonomous air taxis, and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the concepts in the world of aircraft design are pushing the boundaries of ...

AFWERX awarded Phase 1 contracts to 11 companies for the development of high-speed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. One of these companies, Horizon Aircraft, recently announced the ...

A Unique VTOL Concept to Kick Off Flight Tests in Austria. Published: 8 Mar 2023, 06:17 UTC • By: Otilia Drăgan. ... The future aircraft would be fitted with four CycloRotors, ...

Supernal debuts S-A2 eVTOL aircraft concept. V-tail, five-passenger aircraft builds on the vison of the S-A1, ... At entry into service, Supernal’s vehicle will operate at a quiet 65 decibels in VTOL ...

On this day in aviation history, February 19, 1957, the Bell X-14 made its first flight. This aircraft, capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and assembled from readily available components ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft as it receives funding to proceed to a preliminary design review ...

“The concept of working downtown, being able to walk with your piece of luggage to a VTOL infrastructure site, 5 minutes later be behind the gate, and from there be able to take a flight or ...