Discover how the Hiller X-18, or the "Frankenplane" was built from spare parts, spurring on VTOL technology and blazing the ...

[Peter Ryseck]’s Mini QBIT quadrotor biplane brings in some of the efficiency of fixed-wing flight, without all the complexity usually associated with VTOL aircraft. The Mini QBIT is just a 3 ...

Unorthodox unmanned aircraft would push the limits of technology ... with each effort struggling or failing in one way or another. DARPA's VTOL Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) program aims ...

A startup called Sirius Aviation AG has released designs and images of hydrogen-powered VTOL aircraft called Sirius Jets that ...

This partnership aims to develop a next-generation hybrid-propulsion vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft. It will be designed to meet the evolving needs of the U.S. Department of Defense ...

To make experimentation even easier, [Stephen Carlson] and other researchers from the RoboWork Lab at the University of Nevada created the MiniHawk, a 3D printed VTOL aircraft for use a test bed ...

Slovenia's Pipistrel Aircraft has performed the first hover flight of its Nuuva V300 hybrid-electric cargo drone.

The long-range, large-capacity hybrid-electric VTOL unmanned aircraft can carry a 600-pound payload over a range of up to 300 ...

Elroy Air Chaparral C1, an autonomous hybrid vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, on a test flight ... to deploy the hybrid-electric VTOL Chaparral UAS as the autonomous logistics ...

On Jan 9, China's first ton-class liquid hydrogen-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone completed its maiden test flight in Baoji, Shaanxi province. [Photo by Wang Peipei/For ...

The proposed Sirius Jet marks a major aviation world first. A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft pitched at the business community, the Sirius Business Jet features a pioneering ...

Carmakers are both going it alone and partnering with existing aircraft manufacturers and startups ... cheaper than today’s chopper rides. Some VTOL makers plan commercialization within a ...