Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s hard to find a totally original concept in the eVTOL world. Since 2016, some 400 concepts, proposals and designs have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With so many air taxi concepts introduced over the last few years, it can be hard for one to stand out. Jetoptera has figured out ...

Grumman’s G-674 Nutcracker was a bizarre Cold War concept for a VTOL aircraft that could operate from small warships by ...

Once you have a great eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) concept ready to roll, it's time to find the right manufacturing partners. In the case of the French aircraft developer Ascendance ...

For VTOL and hover operations, the drone's top and bottom bodywork opens up in a series of slats, exposing a greater percentage of the rotors' swept area to airflow and deriving maximum lift. Then, as ...

Many air taxis are gearing up to provide emission-free short trips between cities, and there are even a few electric private jets that promise the satisfaction of flying solo without needing a pilot ...

Seattle-based startup for aerial mobility Jetoptera tested its innovative bladeless VTOL aircraft concept to demonstrate its ability to reach speeds of 0.8 Mach or 614 mph. The data was reported ...

DARPA’s AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY program, known as ANCILLARY, shows six design concepts for a low-weight, large-payload, long-endurance VTOL uncrewed X-plane. The ...

Bell's High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) test article is at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to test key features of its HSVTOL concept including prop-rotors that fold in-flight.

Bell's High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing concepts seek to answer a demand for light to heavy tactical VTOL aircraft that can operate at jet speeds across Pacific distances. The program manager ...

Vertical lift manufacturer Bell has delivered a test article to the US Air Force (USAF) that aims to demonstrate the company’s novel concept for a jet-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) ...

It’s hard to find a totally original concept in the eVTOL world. Since 2016, some 400 concepts, proposals and designs have been introduced to the world. Most of them are variations on one of a few ...