It probably won’t be long until we’ll see celebrities ditching their private planes and helicopters in favor of futuristic VTOLs (vertical takeoff and landing vehicles). Combining the speed and ...

Boeing’s Collaborative Combat Rotorcraft (CCR) is one adaptation of Boeing’s Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft (CxR) – a modular, unmanned, multi-mission autonomous tiltrotor concept. Boeing ...

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 ...

A new electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) air taxi company came out of stealth mode today, using a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain that neatly sidesteps the energy density issue that's holding ...

Way back in 2014 we talked about AeroMobil when it rolled out the AeroMobil 3.0 prototype flying car. That vehicle was a mix of car and airplane that took off like a conventional aircraft. It is back ...

In the age of the SLT a vectored thrust market entry from Foxtech. Only one motor becomes a passenger when in forward flight. Also much less in the way of a framework for the quad motor setup normally ...

One of the biggest downsides to the current development of eVTOLs is the lack of proper infrastructure, which means that, in addition to building the aircraft, companies are also developing vertiports ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Dornier Do-31 was a pioneering vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) transport jet developed in the 1960s for West Germany, notable as the first and only VTOL jet capable of carrying cargo and ...

Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft are becoming increasingly popular due to their ability to combine the benefits of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. These versatile vehicles are ...