On February 10, 1967, the experimental Dornier Do 31 became the world's first VTOL jet transport to fly, marking a bold Cold ...

German start-up ERC System will in 2026 fly the first prototype of a vertical take-off and landing uncrewed cargo aircraft it ...

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Bell Textron to proceed with Phase 2 of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies X-plane project, which involves a ...

Runways are undesirable locations for military aircraft. Being tied to miles of concrete gives jet aircraft a built-in vulnerability as well as restricting their flexibility. At sea, it is extremely ...

Some technologies, like smartphones, have a transformative impact on entire sectors of the economy and our everyday lives. Advances in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, are driving ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- XTI Aircraft Company (XTIA) ("XTI Aircraft"), a subsidiary of XTI Aerospace, Inc. ("XTI"), a pioneer in xVTOL and powered-lift aircraft solutions, today ...

The Dornier Do 31 was designed to free military aircraft from runways entirely. Using ten jet engines, it could lift troops and cargo straight into the air before flying like a normal transport. The ...

British VTOL maker Vertical Aerospace had a blast over in Singapore, struck deals to expand the Valo VTOL to Japan, India, ...

The advances of Aurora’s demonstrator ensure that the company’s fan-in-wing VTOL experiments will extend well beyond DARPA’s SPRINT. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, is poised to redefine ...