U.S. OEMs and suppliers are striving with the Pentagon to define and develop a modular, open-systems framework for the design of military aircraft and avionics that can make such equipment more ...

During a demonstration over Farnborough, an RAF F-35B transitioned into a full hover, holding position above the airfield ...

The Bell V-247 tiltrotor is an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that will combine the vertical lift capability of a helicopter with the speed and range of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft, and would ...

Northrop Grumman recently demonstrated its Mini-Communications, Navigation, and Identification (CNI) system with open architecture and in-flight connectivity (IFC) capabilities for vertical lift ...

The biggest problem with electric VTOL aircraft is the VTOL system. It's a pain. The world-changing convenience of vertical lift systems comes with a high price tag: they weigh a heap, particularly ...

The U.S. Army has outlined its vision of a mission system architecture for its Future Vertical Lift platforms that will allow upgrades to be fielded rapidly to counter emerging threats and overcome ...

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero), a leading Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) System design, development and manufacturing services provider announced today a Small ...

Third in a series of articles on how the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, formerly the Research, Development and Engineering Command and now part of Army Futures Command, is ...

This event is to focus on how Future Vertical Lift may be a paradigm shift for the Department of Defense’s acquisition of vertical lift systems. The discussion will further delve into how FVL is ...