American and Soviet pilots alike had their jaws hit the floor the first time they saw the British Hawker Siddeley Harrier take to the sky as if by magic back in the late 1960s. Though on paper, the ...

GM Design has unveiled the P5 VTOL Concept, one of four futuristic vehicles created exclusively for the reimagined Test Track attraction at Walt Disney World’s Epcot in Florida. The concept embodies a ...

Air taxi maker Joby Aviation has partnered with US defence contractor L3Harris Technologies, to develop a new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for possible use by the military. The ...

The combination of a tilt-wing (for improved aerodynamics) design with hybrid propulsion could be the winning formula for rugged aircraft that can handle challenging missions, with no emissions. Back ...

The Philippine Navy's new class of OPVs will deploy VTOL drones in a move that could enhance Manila's surveillance ...

In a demonstration of individual ingenuity and rapid prototyping potential, engineer Tsung Xu has successfully designed and constructed a fully functional vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone ...

Abstract: In an era where unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become integral to various industries, understanding the intricacies of their design is essential to future aerospace engineers. This ...

Honda's Research Institute (HRI) received FAA approval to test a subscale model of its hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft at its new R&D facility in San Luis Obispo, ...

Canadian start-up Horizon Aircraft has tweaked the design of its Cavorite X7 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platform to ...

As a result, we also know that another rendering that DAPRA previously released in relation to the SPRINT effort, seen below, was an earlier version of Aurora's concept. "Aurora is designing a high ...

Griffon’s Valiant hybrid-electric VTOL uncrewed aircraft has been flown under a U.S. Army rapid prototyping effort. Credit: David Hylton, U.S. Army DARPA has selected nine companies for the initial ...

Another of the world’s top automakers is stepping into the world of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Honda Aircraft declined to share more about the approval, which is a special ...