What is it about VTOL military airplanes that billion-dollar aerospace companies just can't seem ever to get right? Well, as it happens, making a jet aircraft reliable at vertical takeoff and landing ...

Avro Canada proposed a flat-rising VTOL day fighter for a US Navy program intended to let smaller ships operate fighter cover ...

The Rolls-Royce Griffith VTO was a proposed supersonic VTOL passenger aircraft built around separate lift and propulsion ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment (AV) successfully demonstrated its JUMP ® 20 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) with a heavy fuel engine. The higher horsepower and lower fuel burn rate ...

The duPont Aerospace DP-1 was an experimental, 53-percent-scale jet-powered VTOL demonstrator developed in the early 2000s, aiming to prove technology for a proposed civilian and military transport, ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Transcend Air Corporation today announced an agreement with GE Aviation to develop and certify a custom variant of GE’s class-leading CT7-8 turboshaft helicopter engine to ...

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 ...

LiquidPiston is aiming to meet the long-standing need for small, efficient and durable heavy-fuel engines for tactical UAVs. Credit: LiquidPiston LiquidPiston is to demonstrate a hybrid-electric ...

The first prototype high-speed vertical take-off and landing car has moved from the assembly line into the first phase of multi-engine thrust testing, according to officials from Moller International, ...

“The addition of a heavy fuel engine to the JUMP 20 provides global forces an unparalleled VTOL solution with a longer operational lifespan, greater performance and efficient fuel consumption. It is ...