VTOL jet transports promised a future of vertical take off and landing for fast, flexible air travel. From bold Cold War ...

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

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

What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version ...

Stellantis-backed VTOL maker Archer announced it conducted a test flight of its Midnight eVTOL at the Al Bateen Executive ...

Now, newcomer Jetson Aero throws its hat into the ring with the Jetson One, an electric VTOL that doesn’t require a pilot license and that you put together yourself.

The San Bernardino County Fire Department hosted a demonstration this week to check out a cutting edge, electrically powered, vertical takeoff and landing-capable aircraft and assess its potential ...

The Yakovlev Yak-38 was the only VTOL jet fighter ever to make it into the Soviet military's arsenal and the USSR's first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft.

VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drones already have some advantages over multicopters and fixed-wing drones, but could they offer even better functionality? The designers of the ROTORwing ...

The brainstorming agency has now moved a bit closer to realizing its vertical-lift ambitions. Through its VTOL X-Plane program, DARPA has awarded contracts to four companies -- heavyweights Boeing ...

The Transwing is an awesomely unique aircraft that’s part VTOL and part traditional airplane. The craft begins its flights with its wings tucked, in VTOL mode, eliminating the need for a long ...