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This Is How $1.1 Million Fly Away as the Sigma Hybrid VTOL

British VTOL maker AltoVolo started accepting orders for the Sigma hybrid electric take-off and landing aircraft, no word ...
Interesting Engineering via MSN

Autonomous electric VTOL aircraft for US military makes successful first flight

Joby Aviation on Thursday announced the first flight of its new turbine-electric, autonomous vertical takeoff and landing ...

Joby Aviation, L3Harris Technologies complete test flight of hybrid VTOL aircraft

Discover how Joby Aviation & L3Harris are advancing autonomous VTOL aircraft tech for defense—learn about the latest test ...
Inside Unmanned Systems

Joby Turbine-Electric Autonomous VTOL Demonstrator Makes First Flight

Joby Aviation has completed the first flight of a turbine-electric, autonomous VTOL demonstrator that blends a hybrid turbine ...
Inside Defense

Joby logs first flight of hybrid VTOL aircraft

The demonstrator first flew on Nov. 7 at Joby’s Marina, CA facility using the company’s autonomy stack, dubbed SuperPilot. It also integrates a gas turbine powertrain into Joby’s all-electric air taxi ...
FlightGlobal

Shield AI partners with GE Aerospace to power developmental X-Bat unmanned VTOL fighter with F110-GE-129 engine

Shield AI and GE Aerospace have signed a memorandum of understanding to power the developmental X-Bat unmanned vertical ...
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VAPOR VTOL Looks Like a Weaponized Helicopter Toy, Not Meant for Kids

It's been years since the civilians of this world got access to small helicopter-like toys, and the hype around these things seems to run just as strong as ever. I mean, what's not to like about a toy ...