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 ...

What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version? That's exactly what aviation firm FusionFlight has just revealed, in the ...

Aircraft capable of Vertical Takeoff and Landing, or VTOL, have always captivated aviation enthusiasts with their strangeness and militaries with their versatility. However, the fact that their ...

When President Trump signed an executive order accelerating U.S. drone production and advanced air systems, many people focused their attention on defense. But embedded within that policy was ...

We are used to thinking about vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft as being powered by spinning blades. After all, just like helicopters, they need spinning blades to lift off and move around ...

The Army has detailed an extensive plan for evaluating hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platforms and enabling technologies, with an aim to hold capability demonstrations between ...

Nine aerospace manufacturers will each design an autonomous ship-based reconnaissance aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) for the Pentagon’s secretive technology incubator, the ...